Over 2,000 trades unionist joined the demonstration called by the TUC in Leeds as part of their day of action in defence of the right to strike, called in opposition to the government’s latest anti-union legislation sending minimum service levels on strike day. The march was joined by large delegations from the UCU, NEU, ASLEF…
The Covid-19 crisis has pushed councils up and down the country into a new financial crisis. The Centre for Progressive Policy thinktank expects eight out of ten tier-one local authorities to face the threat of bankruptcy. Labour-led Leeds City Council is the biggest of the councils to publicly raise this possibility. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist…
Half a dozen cars and one cyclist took part in a car cavalcade co-sponsored by Leeds TUC this Thursday to highlight the reckless plans by the government for wider re-opening of schools. Leeds Socialist Party members joined the car cavalcade with our own posters and those of Leeds TUC which states ‘put workplace safety under…
Leeds Socialist Party members attended the public meeting of the Leeds Trades Union Council (Leeds TUC) via Zoom on Wednesday 29th April. Over 40 trade union reps and activists from across the region came together under the banner of “Testing, PPE – Put our Safety First – Organise in your Workplace”. Michael Docherty, PCS delegate…
Theresa May’s zombie government is still in place, lurching from one crisis to the next but looking increasingly likely to be consigned to the grave. Iain Dalton, Socialist Alternative candidate for Gipton and Harehills ward, Leeds Talk continues of local Tory party branches calling emergency general meetings at which they’d pass a no confidence motion…
At a specially convened public meeting on Tuesday night, Leeds TUC’s anti-austerity committee presented it’s alternative budget proposals to reverse all the cuts to jobs and services as well as reversing fee and rent increases in this year’s Leeds City Council budget. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party This year’s Leeds City Council budget is 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…
