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Zero Tolerance for Zero Hours
Burning with discontent, trade unionists and socialists joined in a national day of action on Saturday against corporate scroungers who are content with exploiting their workers with zero-hour contacts. Locally, more than fifty people gathered in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, to highlight the oppressive conditions at Sports Direct’s regional warehouse. This modern-day work house employs around 5,000 […]
Why We Support the Teachers Strike
I’m a retired teacher but I have been on the picket lines today because I see this government ruining our education system. Academies have brought the profit motive into education. I have always supported nationalisation, but I never thought I would be calling for the nationalisation of our education system. Yet that is what we […]
Turkish Solidarity Protest
Following the death of Berkin Elvan, a young Turkish boy who was shot by the police last summer and had been in a coma ever since, a protest took place in the centre of Leicester yesterday as a display of solidarity with the people of Turkey. Disgustingly the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to […]
Rising Anger Directed at Cuts-Council
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 […]
Atos In Retreat
By Nick Wright On Wednesday 19th of February there was a nation-wide demonstration against the infamous DWP contractor, Atos. Over one hundred and forty Atos offices across the country were picketed by disabled protesters and their supporters. The company, first brought in by the previous Labour government, have been at the sharp end of the […]
Opposing Atos
On Wednesday 19th December scores of protesters gathered outside the offices of Atos Healthcare, in Halford Street, to highlight the extreme violence being waged against the sick and disabled by the Government through their latest corporate cypher Atos Healthcare. The successful Leicester event was part of a much broader day of action organised nationwide against Atos. […]
Baleful Barclays
It has been announced that Barclays Bank are to cut 10-12,000 jobs in 2014, 7,000 of which will be in the UK. This comes hot on the heels of the 7,650 jobs axed only last year. Chief Executive Antony Jenkins cited ‘loss of profits’ as the reason for giving 9% of his staff the sack, […]
Leicester Socialist Students Member Arrested During Peaceful Protest
On 6 February a Leicester Socialist Students member was arrested when taking part in a peaceful protest in support of striking university workers. He has now been released and charged over an alleged incident that took place during a Leicester University occupation in December 2013. Why have police waited almost two months to make the arrest on […]
Students Demand Justice
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 […]
Striking Staff Under Attack
By Kieran Flatt and Alistair Robinson Last week, the University of Leicester became one of only 11 universities around the country to draw criticism over a decision to dock the full day’s pay of any staff member taking part in the current round of weekly, two-hour rolling strikes. UCU (University and College Union) have sought […]
