Leicester Socialist Students Society hosted a public meeting on Monday 8th February to discuss ongoing government attacks on emergency service workers, ahead of Wednesday’s planned strike action by the British Medical Association (BMA). Guest speakers included Jeanna Strutinsky-Mason, a registrar in palliative medicine and a junior doctor at Leicester’s hospitals for the last seven years, […]
Probation workers in Unison took three hours of strike action on 14 September in an ongoing dispute over pay. Steve Score supported the picket line at Cobden Street, Leicester and spoke to Steve Jeggo, Unison Probation East Midlands assistant branch secretary and local convener: “We are here because of the zero pay rise we were […]
Driving around for a parking place, you could sense that today was going to be different. There were picket lines everywhere! Changes are afoot in Leicester. Two ex Labour councillors, Wayne Naylor and Barbara Potter have joined TUSC and pledged to fight all cuts. In contrast to Labour mayor Pete Soulsby who is slashing services […]
Today was a proud day for Leicester as a thousand plus people came together in the centre of town to show their vocal opposition to the ongoing public sector pay freeze. Many thousands more workers from the region also took part in this industrial action, making a stellar contribution to today’s united effort that successfully […]
A pushchair protest took place in Leicester on 30 April against the cuts being made by the council to children’s centres. Parents affected by the cuts to the centres and members of “Leicestershire Against the Cuts” (LAC) marched in opposition to the slashing of this service which plays a crucial role in supporting families across […]
UPDATE: TREC posted this article “We Stood Our Ground” which includes powerful videos of some of the speakers at the protest. Around 100 people protested outside the Labour Group meeting in Leicester today against the threatened withdrawal of funding for the Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC). Speakers at the rally made the point that TREC […]
Around 200 noisy protesters gathered outside the Town Hall in Leicester yesterday (26 Feb) to oppose the cuts proposed by the city mayor Pete Soulsby and being approved by the council. Many of these were workers at the children’s centres being cut back- 133 jobs are likely to go. The council claims it will keep […]
Statement from Leicester University Socialist Students: Thanks to all comrades who have lent their support in the last few days! A rally was held today in protest at the police presence on campus and the arrest of a student yesterday. This protest was aptly timed with the unveiling of a statue donated to the university which […]
With recent events calling attention to the brutality rained down upon peaceful protesters by the police at the University of London, yesterday afternoon students and staff convened at the University of Leicester to support the second national ‘Cops Off Campus‘ day of action. Around 30 students marched through the campus, and then held a rally […]
Today university staff across the country took their second day of united strike action. The three unions taking strike action had met on Monday 21st October with the pay negotiators, UCEA, but sadly the outcome of this meeting was not positive, as although the employers side were prepared to have further meetings with the unions, […]
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