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11 November 2009
Despite completely made-up media reports of 100 strikers returning to work, resolve amongst Leeds refuse and street cleaning workers remains high going into the tenth week of all-out strike action, writes Alistair Tice.
3 November 2009
Leeds bins strike against management attacks still solid
Leeds bins - 9th week: The LibDem joint leader of Leeds city council, Richard Brett, further insulted striking refuse workers last week by saying you don't need a degree to be a rubbish collector, writes Alistair Tice.
28 October 2009
Leeds bin strike: 92% vote to reject council's 'final' offer
Striking bin collection crews in Leeds overwhelmingly voted to reject the council's 'final' offer at last week's mass meeting, which could see the dispute over equal pay run until Christmas and beyond, writes A Leeds Unison steward.
21 October 2009
By the time you read this Leeds city council bin workers will have voted to continue to strike at a mass meeting on 21 October, following their shop stewards' recommendation, after looking at the detail of an offer made to them last week, writes A Unison steward.
21 October 2009
400 jobs under threat at Leeds
On 8 October, hundreds of students and lecturers gathered outside Leeds university library to protest at the latest wave of cuts announced the day before by the university vice-chancellor, writes Sean Clothier, Leeds uni student.
7 October 2009
Leeds council calls for talks with unions
With the strike of Leeds refuse workers now in its fifth week, council leaders began formal talks on 5 October, after informal talks on 29 September, writes A Unison steward.
30 September 2009
Leeds council workers' strike solid
Now in its fourth week, the striking bin workers in Leeds, with much support and donations from the public, are even more determined to win, writes A Unison steward.
16 September 2009
Leeds council workers on indefinite strike
Around 600 Leeds "Streetscene" council workers, including street cleaners and refuse collectors, are on indefinite strike...
26 August 2009
Leeds: After a series of campaign stalls in the city centre, Leeds Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) organised a protest outside Eastgate Jobcentre on the day the latest unemployment figures were announced, writes Manny Dominguez, Danny Melia and Helen Pattison Leeds YFJ members.
17 June 2009
North West: THERE HAS been a series of protests in the North West since the BNP sneaked in the electoral back door to win an MEP here, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester.
1 April 2009
Unison needs a fighting leadership: Leeds City Council
Most Leeds city council workers learned with alarm about the council's intention to impose job cuts and erode our conditions of service from 1 April in a letter and through local news channels in February...
25 February 2009
Leeds journalists strike against job cuts
National Union of Journalists members in Leeds held a four-day strike from 19 February at the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post (YP/YEP) building, writes Kevin Pattison, Leeds Socialist Party.
26 November 2008
Campaigning to save post offices
AFTER THE announcement in June that 22 post offices would close in Leeds, three in the Beeston area alone, as part of the government's closure programme Beeston Communities Against Post Office Closures (CAPOC) campaign launched into action, writes Manny Dominguez.
22 October 2008
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31 July 2008
Campaigners keep fighting to save local post offices
THE CAMPAIGN Against Post Office Closures public meeting, 22 July, was a big success. Local residents and campaigners in Beeston, Leeds, came together to discuss what we can do in light of the announcement...
16 July 2008
Post Office Leeds: Haranguing in the rain
LOCAL PEOPLE lobbied Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds Central, over the threatened closure of three post offices in Beeston. Hilary Benn was harangued by local activists and residents for almost half an hour before he could get out of the rain, writes Manny Dominguez.
18 June 2008
Leeds: Stop Beeston post office closures
The Leeds Socialist Party branch has been campaigning against the closure of three post offices in Beeston. We have done several stalls in the area and had a good response...
13 September 2007
Leeds - no more deficits and cuts
OVER THREE years, there have been big cuts in every hospital making up Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust... By Alan Turner, Leeds Socialist Party
16 November 2006
Join the fightback - save the NHS
THE NHS is facing a 'winter of discontent', media reports claim. More than 200 trusts, 40% of the total have 'overspent' half-way through the year...
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