Recent Articles
Of Scabs and Freerange Chickens
Yesterday, members of the Sheffield branch of the Socialist Party — who have been supporting the Sova recycling workers fight against cuts in jobs, hours and pay — organised a protest picket against the haulage company that has been hired to break the Sova workers outstanding and indefinite all-out strike. This action was undertaken in solidarity with the striking GMB members who had been advised that it is illegal to secondary picket under the existing anti-trade union laws.
Determined Tax Scammer Has No Money Left For Employees!
Michael Barker reports on tax avoidance by the rich, including 2 Sisters Food Group boss Baljinder Boparan, the ongoing dispute at the 2 Sisters owned RF Brookes factory in Leicester, and the lessons to be learned from the MMP Bootle workers.
New ways of building the party
By making meetings more accessible, and considering the needs of comrades, we have a new sense of collectivism and vitality.
HMRC Staff Take Strike Action
Today, hundreds of HM Revenue and Customs staff are taking part in strike action in Leicester. The action is part of the Public and Commercial Services Union’s sustained campaign to defend jobs and services, vital for tax justice, from cutbacks and privatisation. They join up to 55’000 other PCS members in HMRC taking action across […]
Intensifying Exploitation and the Fightback at RF Brookes
Under capitalism, all that matters is profit… ever-increasing profits; with human welfare always relegated to the sidelines. Small businesses grow or die in this uncertain and highly competitive landscape, and those rare family businesses that manage to succeed in this hostile climate are considered prime targets for acquisition by profit-hungry corporations. RF Brookes factory in South Wigston, Leicester, is a case in point. Opening their first family-managed pie factory in 1957 in Warwickshire, RF Brookes soon upgraded to a premises in Leicester, and in the process became known as the best pie manufacturer in the Midlands.
Hundreds Maintain Vibrant Strike Action in Leicester
Today five hundred workers at a food processing factory in Leicester took their third day of concerted strike action to oppose the unjust policies imposed upon them by their profit hungry management. Attacks on the workers based at RF Brookes factory, in South Wigston, unfortunately typify capitalist attempts to squeeze every last drop of profit […]
Leicester youth challenge Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith’s hopes for a discreet, unpublicised tour around the Jobcentre Plus on Wellington Street and the Pensions Centre on Yeoman Street were dashed on Friday 15th June as Leicester Youth Fight for Jobs learned of his visit and arranged a special greeting party.
Press Release – Youth Fight For Jobs – Protest Against Iain Duncan Smith on Friday 15th June
Today, activists from the Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) campaign will protest against Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) on his visits to the Jobcentre Plus on Wellington Street, and Leicester Pensions Centre, Yeoman Street.
Public Meeting – Stop the pensions robbery, the fight goes on!
Solidarity with UNITE, PCS and UCU members taking action on May 10th. Go down to a local picket line and give the strikers your support this morning. There will be a rally with speakers from striking unions at the Oddfellows Club on Humberstone Gate at 12 noon (this is not hosted by Leicester Socialist Party). Tuesday 15th May – […]
