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20 May 2013
Sacked Tesco drivers on the march again
Around 100 of the Tesco drivers sacked earlier this year and their families marched through Doncaster
4 May 2013
TUSC Doncaster Mayor candidate wins 1,900 votes in Ed Miliband's backyard
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate Mary Jackson polled 1,916 votes, coming in ahead of the Lib Dems
Mary Jackson speaking at the excellent pre-election rally attended by 55 people, many at their first TUSc meeting, 29 April 2013, photo by Mary4Mayor
1 May 2013
Doncaster: For a mayor that would really stop the bedroom tax!
On Saturday 27 April, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition supporters were out campaigning for 'Mary4Mayor' in Doncaster
17 April 2013
Doncaster: fighting for a working class mayor on a workers' wage
Doncaster has 225,000 voters concentrated in the town and several outlying ex-mining villages
Bob Crow, RMT general secretary, addresses the Trade Unionists and Socialist Coalition in Doncaster for Mary Jackson, photo A Tice
10 April 2013
Doncaster: 60 at Mary4Mayor rally
Mary Jackson's Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) election campaign for Doncaster mayor held a successful launch meeting on 2 April...
3 April 2013
TUSC Mary4Mayor campaign launched in Doncaster
It was not the easiest week to start the Mary4Mayor election campaign, with snow and freezing temperatures
3 April 2013
Unite members strike against derecognition and downgrading
Yorkshire Ambulance Unite members took action on Tuesday against union derecognition and staff downgrading
Mary Jackson, photo Mary4Mayor
27 March 2013
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition is an electoral alliance that stands candidates against all cuts and privatisation
20 March 2013
Around Britain, there have already been many protests against the 'bedroom tax'. It's one of the coalition's most blatantly anti-poor policies and is being imposed on 1 April.
14 December 2012
Doncaster drivers give Tesco & Stobarts a bloody nose
From the National Shop Stewards Network website, www.shopstewards.net...
Striking Tesco drivers on the picket line , photo A Tice
11 December 2012
Tesco drivers successfully blockade distribution centre
With confidence high after Saturday's march and picket, Doncaster Tesco drivers upped the anti on Monday in their dispute with Tesco/Stobarts, writes Alistair Tice.
Striking Tesco drivers on the picket line , photo by A Tice
6 December 2012
Doncaster Tesco drivers on indefinite strike - photo
See article: www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/15804/05-12-2012/nothing-to-lose-tesco-drivers-vote-for-indefinite-strike, writes Please send messages of support to Unite shop steward Trevor Cheetham: lynncheetham@yahoo.co.uk.
5 December 2012
Nothing to lose - Tesco drivers vote for indefinite strike
180 Tesco drivers, members of Unite the union, at the supermarket giant's distribution hub in Doncaster have announced an indefinite strike from 7 December
10 November 2012
Doncaster drivers go to war with Tesco
I've never been on a picket line like it! An armoured personnel carrier and a farmer's muckspreader blocked the gates to the depot
7 November 2012
Black cabs: Workers at Coventry black cab maker LTI, staged a sit-in on 31 October before entering talks with administrators, PWC...
17 October 2012
Living wage now!: Transport union RMT is campaigning for London Mayor Boris Johnson to increase the London living wage to £10 an hour, benefiting cleaners and other low-paid workers...
10 October 2012
Tesco drivers strike in Doncaster against shameful treatment
Tesco drivers in Doncaster have been given three months notice by their new employer ESL, with no promise that they will be re-employed
Mass meeting of Sita UK bin workers in Doncaster discussing pay offer, photo Alistair Tice
28 September 2012
Bin workers calling indefinite strike brought results
This morning, Doncaster bin-workers, employed by Sita UK, voted 70-50 to accept a revised pay offer and return to work
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