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,…
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…
“Is it really that terrible?” were the words of Leeds University Vice Chancellor Simone Buitendijk to students occupying her office a month ago in response to questions about the pay and conditions of university workers. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party It was also the headline on the leaflet Unison members were handing out explaining why…
To chants of “What do we want? Fare increase” Uber drivers protested outside the company’s office in Burley in Leeds, whose shutters had slammed down as soon as around 100 striking drivers marched down to it. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Drivers were angry that whilst other areas had uplifted in pay rates over the…
Construction workers in Unite and GMB returned to Skelton Grange in south Leeds on Thursday 5th May where Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) are building a new energy to waste plant but refusing to pay workers along the lines of the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI). Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Whilst HZI…
On the back of action spreading in recent weeks from Heckmondwike, to Morley and Birstall, then delivery drivers at the Elland Road McDonalds in Beeston on Froday night joined the ongoing strikes in the shadow of the famous football ground. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Like drivers in those towns, who have also been picketing…
Not one, but two groups of workers held lobbies of Leeds City Council at its March meeting on 23rd March. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Unite and GMB members gathered to lobby councillors and hand in a petition against the energy-to-waste facility being constructed by Hitachi Zosen Inova outside the National Agreement for the Engineering…
Around 100 angry construction workers and their supporters marched on the Hitachi Zosen Inova site at Skelton Grange in South Leeds where a new energy to waste plant is being built with work being done outside the NAECI national construction agreement terms. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party GMB and Unite unions organised the march with…
UCU members were back out on the picket lines at University of Leeds in their long running dispute over attacks on their pension scheme. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Despite the inclement weather, it was reported that a number of first time picketers took part in this first day of ten days of strikes over…
