Support staff, members of GMB and UNISON at an inner city school in Leicester took strike action on 4 September against plans to halve the number of Teaching Assistants. Last term there were three days of strike action by teachers in the NUT at Uplands Junior School. These were over grievances against the head teacher […]
During the PCS rolling strike action, which took place in the East Midlands on June 5th, Steve Score from the Socialist Party spoke to Peter Tinley (rep, PCS HMRC Leicester) who explained: “We are out today, not only because of the cuts to terms and conditions and jobs and pensions. “But it is also to […]
Teachers Strike to Defend Children’s Education and Save Teaching Assistant Jobs Heather Rawling retired NUT member In a marvellous show of solidarity, teachers at an inner city school have taken strike action to defend children’s education and the jobs of eight teaching assistants. A united picket line demonstrated the determination of teachers to win their […]
On Wednesday 20 February, 200 homeless people, trade unionists and campaigners lobbied Leicester’s Labour council as they went in to vote for cuts. The anger of people there was reflected in the fact that just before the council meeting many of the protesters went into the Town Hall past the security and occupied the lobby. […]
A protest by homeless people took place in Leicester on Saturday 2nd February, supported by the Socialist Party and others. The Labour council is planning £2.2 million worth of cuts to the homeless service which could lead to 200 hostel beds being lost. Other vital services to the homeless will also be cut. Homeless people […]
Steve Score, former secretary, Leicestershire Anti-Poll Tax Federation The campaign against Thatcher’s poll tax is an example of how a mass movement can defeat a government. 18 million people, organised through the All-Britain Anti-Poll Tax Federation, defied the law and refused to pay the tax. This not only forced the Tories to scrap it but […]
The UNITE picket line outside the Argos distribution centre at Magna Park, Lutterworth was well supported, with workers taking shifts to cover it round the clock. Passing lorries, nothing to do with the dispute were hooting their horns as they drove past the big UNITE banner. Parish Patel, UNITE regional officer said: “Our members feel […]
About a hundred and fifty people gathered at short notice on Saturday 8 September to show their opposition to the proposed closure of the children’s heart unit at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. In a very noisy protest, cars hooted their support as the chanting protesters marched up and down Belgrave Road. The march was organised […]
Workers at RF Brookes of South Wigston, Leicester, are facing the possibility of closure of their factory in a vindictive act by the ‘2 Sisters’ food group that owns it. In May they announced 193 redundancies along with the slashing of previously agreed redundancy terms, meaning that workers could have the double whammy of losing […]
RF Brookes workers in Leicester, members of BFAWU, the bakery workers union, have been taking discontinuous strike action in recent weeks against a vicious management who had announced 190 redundancies. At the same time, the bosses are reneging on the previously agreed redundancy package. Some workers, if they lose their jobs, also stand to lose […]
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