Socialist Party members in West Yorkshire visited Unison picket lines at Wakefield Ambulance station, Richmond Hill Ambulance station in Leeds and Yorkshire Ambulance Service headquarters as they took their second round of 12 hour strike action on 23rd January. Iain Dalton, Socialist Party Yorkshire secretary Across the picket lines we visited there was a growing…
Despite the freezing conditions, the warmth of support for nurses, part of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) stood out as they took their historic first ever day of strike action in the UK. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party As the RCN branch secretary on the picket line reminded me, less than 30 years ago…
In the largest action taken by Delivery drivers in one city yet, drivers working for Deliveroo, Stuart/JustEat and UberEats took strike action from 5pm Friday 21st October til midnight Sunday 23rd October. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Over twenty picket lines were mounted across Leeds, with reports of 11 KFC’s, 9 McDonalds, 2 Burger Kings,a…
Criminal barristers, who have been struck by withdrawing from defence case work on legal aid on various days since June, have now escalated to taking indefinite action. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party The Criminal Bar Association held a series of rallies outside courts around the country. Around 20-30 barristers attended the rally in Leeds. As…
Socialist Party members visited half a dozen picket lines across Leeds as CWU members at Royal Mail began strike action on Friday 26th August. Iain Dalton reported that at both the Leeds Mail Centre and Hunslet delivery office pickets pointed out the hypocrisy of Royal Mail management in claiming to have no money but then…
On a hot Saturday morning 13 members of ASLEF Union picketed the Leeds Railway Station Entrance. The mood was resolved, and clear that they would be in for the long hall. Socialist Party members spent time talking with the strikes handing out leaflets, and selling copies of the Socialist. Paul Thomas, Leeds Socialist Party There…
Hundreds of workers ar Drax Power Station, near Selby, joined a series of national walk outs over the refusal of the Engineering Construction Industry Assocation (ECIA) employers to re-open talks over pay following skyrocketing inflation. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party A two year deal was agreed for NAECI (National Agreement for Engineering Construction Industry) sites…
Over a hundred taxi and private hire drivers joined a lobby organised by the Leeds Private Hire Drivers Organisation (LPHDO) of Leeds City Council’s licensing committee over its Suitability and Convictions policy. This is one of a serious of priests in recent months around West Yorkshire over this and other issues facing drivers. Iain Dalton,…
Leeds Pride 2022, returning after two years of delay due to COVID, saw at least 50,000 marching, many more spectators and onlookers. A massive show of support in the aftermath of a far right demo yesterday against the “Drag Story Time”, which has been misrepresented by reactionaries and weaponised against LGBT people (see below). Oisin Duncan,…
Stood on the steps outside Leeds Combined Courts in the pouring rain, criminal barristers showed the determination of their national strike action which began on Monday 27th June over legal aid rates. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party The seriousness of their action, refusing to attend court or take on new cases, shows the level to…
