The GMB organised a lobby of Leeds City Council on 20th March. The lobby was led by GMB Special Educational Needs reps and supported by parents and Leeds Trades Council. SEND stands for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities but the reps have used the acronym for their demands for Safe staffing levels Evaluate for fair pay…
Leeds – loud protest, until crowd fell silent From Briggate to the Art Gallery, chants could be heard loud. Demonstrators were well aware of the lack of coverage the capitalist media has given to the crisis in Gaza. Palestinians living in England have families directly affected. This is more than an isolated conflict. It affects…
Over 100 people joined a demonstration on Saturday28 Jan called by Keep Our NHS Public to protest at the NHS funding crisis. We were across the road from the site of the proposed new Leeds Children’s Hospital, one of those in the Tories 2019 manifesto and one of the new 48 hospitals promised by Boris Johnson when…
Over 50 taxi drivers and supporters protested in Leeds on Wednesday 10th November against proposals by network Rail and West Yorkshire combined authority to relocate the hackney carriage taxi rank to a space beneath the station. Kevin Pattison (Chair, Leeds & Wakefield Unite Community) This is the 3rd protest which was again supported by Leeds and Wakefield…
A socially distanced protest calling for global justice, aimed at the G7 meeting in Cornwall took an unexpected turn on Friday 11th June. Kevin Pattison, Vice President, Leeds Trades Council & Leeds Socialist Party As we gathered on the Parkinson Steps, the usual place for demonstrations at Leeds University, we were met by police and security…
An angry public meeting in Leeds called by the Little London Tenants and Residents Association on Wednesday 20th March, discussed the proposal to build a 18 story block of private flats on a small green space. Kevin Pattison, Leeds Socialist Party Little London is near the city centre so developers are keen to build. The…
Leeds TUC organised a successful anti-austerity conference on Saturday 24th November. Kevin Pattison, Leeds TUC Vice-President It is part of our campaign to show the damage austerity is doing to local services, and to raise alternatives. We started with reports from groups affected by austerity Fearnville Fields – succesful campaign to save playing fields DEAL…
Leeds City Council has made the decision to withdraw escorted transport funding for young people aged 16+ with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Parents (organised through ‘Disability Empowerment Action Links’ (DEAL) and students, alongside Unite Community members, gathered on the steps of Leeds Town Hall to protest against the withdrawal of this service, which…
