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8 October 2011
1,000 march in Yorkshire in support of Jarrow march
Flying in the face of some misleading newspaper reports, 1,000 people have marched in Yorkshire in support of the Jarrow march
BAE workers protest at the Tory party conference, photo by Paul Mattsson
5 October 2011
As BAE threatens cuts... Fight for Jobs!
BAE Systems intends to cut 3,000 of its 40,000 UK jobs. Apparently this is necessary for BAE to "ensure its long-term future", while the futures of the estimated 5,700 affected workers look bleak.
6 July 2011
30 June pension strike reports
The 30 June coordinated strike action by the PCS civil service union and NUT, ATL and UCU teaching unions was a historic event
Scaffolders and electricians, employed by contractors for Vivergo in Teeside, protest at British Sugar. They voted by about 90% to walk out again in support of the locked out BP/Vivergo Redhall workers at Saltend, Hull, photo Socialist Party
8 June 2011
Saltend dispute: lessons for future struggles
The heroic struggle of engineering construction workers locked out from the BP Saltend bioethanol plant, near Hull, has ended, writes Alistair Tice.
29 May 2011
Saltend construction workers' struggle ends
The heroic struggle by engineering construction workers locked out from work on the bioethanol plant at BP Saltend near Hull has ended after nearly three months
27 April 2011
TUSC election challenge: vote socialist to stop the cuts
Round the country: Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts (TUSC) candidates in Bristol are standing in 16 seats across Bristol in the local elections...
Saltend construction workers protest against being locked out by Redhall, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party
5 April 2011
Saltend lock-out - Solidarity strike spreads
On Wednesday 6 April, hundreds of engineering construction workers at several sites around the country will be taking strike action in solidarity with the 400 Redhall workers locked out from BP Saltend, Hull. An edited version of this article appeared in The Socialist.
Saltend construction workers protest against being locked out by Redhall, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party
30 March 2011
In a magnificent show of determination and solidarity, at 6am on Monday 28 March, 800 construction workers and other trade unionists assembled outside the gates of the Saltend construction site near Hull...
16 March 2011
400 construction workers fight lock-out at BP Saltend, Hull
400 engineering construction workers have been locked out from work since 14 March at BP Saltend near Hull. An edited version of this article appeared in the Socialist.
9 March 2011
Jarrow march for jobs: Why Hull is marching
Welcome to Hull - capital of youth unemployment. Where 50% of young men leave school without a single A*-C grade GCSE. Where chlamydia, gonorrhoea and teenage pregnancy are at the highest levels in the...
3 March 2011
Fighting the cuts: Thousands protest, lobby and occupy
Reports from around the UK: Thousands of people demonstrated against cuts last week, as shown in these reports in this week's issue of the Socialist from Hull, Camden, Lambeth, Haringey, Lewisham, Birmingham, Swansea and Bradford
26 January 2011
Haringey: On Monday 17 January, 1,500 people marched against cuts in Haringey in a protest called by Unite, Unison, UCATT and NUT union branches...
24 January 2011
Workers invade Con-Dem cutters in Hull
Around 400 council workers from Unison, Unite, GMB and UCATT joined the 'Hull against the Cuts' lobby of Lib Dem controlled Hull City Council on Thursday 20 January
19 January 2011
Pensions ballot: Teachers' union NUT members are participating in a survey about action over pensions. The education department is threatening to increase contributions from 6.4% to as much as 10% of salary. The NUT executive...
15 December 2010
On 13 December at 9am around 50 students both from Hull University and the sixth form colleges in the city occupied areas of the Staff House building in the centre of Hull University...
Ian Pattison addresses 9 December Day X student demo against fee rises
10 December 2010
Day X student demo against fee rises
9th December 2010: what the students said
8 December 2010
On Saturday 4 December around 250 local activists in Hull, including trade unionists, Kurdish people and users of the Pearson Park mosque, joined together to oppose a hate-spreading demonstration by the British National Party (BNP), a Hull Socialist Party member writes.
Newcastle students protest, photo by Ray Smith
30 November 2010
Students march as parliament debates tuition fees
Updated 1/12/10 Thousands of students marched again today, 30th November, to protest as tuition fees were to be debated in parliament...
15 September 2010
ON 13 September, about 50 park rangers, members of the GMB union in Hull, marched to the city's BBC buildings, writes Alex Humphreys, Hull Socialist Party.
7 July 2010
Hull: Rallying against the austerity budget
AROUND 100 trade unionists gathered in Hull city centre on Saturday 3 July to protest at the shocking cuts coming to the public sector following the Con-Dem budget, writes Jack Walker.
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