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…
On Thursday 24th March, drivers in both Morley and Birstall joined the ongoing strikes by gig economy food delivery drivers, which started last year by drivers in Sheffield taking action against major partners of JustEat/Stuart who cut their base rates of pay for drivers last year. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Socialist Party members from…
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…
British Gas workers came back out on strike were back out on strike from Friday 19tb February after the strike was suspended over the previous weekend for talks. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party British Gas management had previously stated that there would be no further negotiations, so reps see the company as taking a step…
“This is about putting profits over people” said one GMB striker at the British Gas workers demonstration in Leeds, summarising the nature of the dispute, now in its 13th day of strike action. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Friday 5th February at 12noon was the deadline given to workers before moving on to one-to-one ‘consultations’…
British Gas workers, primarily engineers, are currently locked in battle with boss Chris O’Shea over his attempts to impose attacks on terms and conditions through firing and re-hiring the workforce. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party The workers, organised in the GMB union, have been taking strike action during January, with Friday 29th being the 9th…
“Out, Out, Out” ring the chants of workers throughout this film capturing the magnificent struggle of mainly women clothing workers in Leeds in the 1970s. After their union, the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW) negotiated a wage agreement that continued to retain the unequal pay structure between male and female workers, as…
Unite members at Optare in Yorkshire returned to the picket lines on 16 November for the first day of their now escalated four-days-a-week strike at the bus manufacturers. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Threats from the police to fine strikers if they continued to picket, citing the new Covid restrictions, had prevented picketing, until the…
On the very first day of the new national lockdown, police issued dispersal orders to a picket line of striking workers, on the grounds of breaching the new rules. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Unite members at Optare in Sherburn-in-Elmet have been social distancing and wearing masks, in contrast to contractors the company employs, who…
At a meeting held on the picket line on Friday 30th October, Optare workers voted to escalate their ongoing strike action in their long-running pay dispute from two days a week, to four days a week starting from Monday 16th November. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Two weeks into the strike, many of the deliveries…
