RMT members held a day of leafletting outside major rail stations including Leeds over the latest round of fare hikes of 3.8% at a time many rail services are facing huge cuts. As the leaflets were headlined, rail users are paying #Moreforless. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Socialist Party members joined the action in Leeds….
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…
Socialist Students and the Socialist Party held a public vote at the RMT’s picket line at Leeds station this Saturday, which graphically demonstrated public support for striking RMT workers on Northern Rail. Lots of people were keen to get involved and show their support for the striking workers in their struggle against DOO – Driver…
RMT members took a further days strike action on Monday 4th January against the downgrading of the roles of Northern Rail customer relations staff based in Leeds. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party By dropping two bandings, new starters will earn a staggering £5,000 a year less. The strike was well supported with the service being…
