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23 June 2010
Fightback to stop the cuts - public meetings
Listing of some Socialist Party anti-cuts meetings
23 June 2010
On Saturday 19 June around 150 residents and community campaigners marched through Beeston, south Leeds, in opposition to council plans to close South Leeds Pool and Leisure Centre, writes Ian Pattison, Leeds Socialist Party.
12 May 2010
Ex-Jarvis workers protest in Leeds
Around 100 former Jarvis workers and supporters attended a protest outside Jarvis administrator's Deloitte's headquarters in Leeds on 7 May, writes Iain Dalton.
5 May 2010
In a deafening protest, hundreds of Jarvis workers demanded justice outside the headquarters of Network Rail on 28 April. In total 1,200 Jarvis workers have been thrown out on the coals, writes Hannah Sell.
31 March 2010
PCS budget day strike: Support grows across country
PCS pickets who work on security at the Houses of Parliament were out again in force. One of the pickets who has been working there for 20 years explained that during the last strike extra police were...
24 March 2010
Cuts to higher education announced: Students fight back
Newcastle: On Thursday 18 March the higher education funding body HEFCE announced a reduction of £573 million on the 2009-10 budget, writes Ian Pattison, Newcastle Socialist Students.
17 March 2010
Fighting the cuts at Leeds University
After several weeks of negotiations through ACAS, talks have once again broken down at Leeds university, writes Iain Dalton, Yorkshire Socialist Students organiser.
10 March 2010
Around 100 trade unionists and students came to support the rally called by lecturers' union UCU on 4 March in Leeds, writes Alex Matthews, Leeds Socialist Students.
Leeds Youth Fight For Jobs demo February 2010, photo Leeds Socialist Party
3 March 2010
Invest in jobs, education & Training
We don't want to see a 'lost generation': "We should try to work with the masters of globalisation" These were the words of Professor Don Nutbeam...
3 March 2010
Leeds lecturers win concessions - but cuts remain to be fought
After last minute ACAS talks and an emergency Leeds UCU meeting on 24 February, a series of three UCU strikes at Leeds University have been called off, writes Iain Dalton, Yorkshire Socialist Students organiser.
24 February 2010
Leeds university: Support lecturers striking to save jobs
Lecturers at Leeds University will be taking strike action this week to defend jobs and services against the proposed £35 million cuts that will lead to an estimated 700 job losses, writes Sean Clothier.
Leeds Youth Fight For Jobs demo February 2010, photo Leeds Socialist Party
17 February 2010
Youth Fight for Jobs: Leeds march for jobs and education
A loud, lively Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) demonstration stopped traffic and drew widespread support from shoppers in Leeds city centre on Saturday 13 February, writes Ian Slattery, Huddersfield Youth Fight for Jobs.
10 February 2010
Construction protest: Unemployed construction workers from around Britain took part in a roving protest around central London on 3 February, writes Chris Newby.
Leeds Youth Fight for Jobs
27 January 2010
Building the fight against education cuts at Leeds
Higher education: Cuts cuts cuts: Last year, Michael Arthur, vice chancellor of Leeds University, announced cuts of £35 million from the university's budget, the equivalent of 700 jobs being lost, writes Iain Dalton, Socialist Students Yorkshire organiser.
19 January 2010
Comment: I am a student who enrolled on the 'Stepping Stones Employability Skills' course at Leeds City College, Park Lane Campus...
13 January 2010
Leeds City Council Future Jobs Fund is no solution
LEEDS CITY council recently announced that they had secured funding for 734 jobs through the Future Jobs Fund, writes Iain Dalton.
2 December 2009
Yorkshire strikes - the lessons
Four recent strikes in Yorkshire have pushed back the employers' agenda of cuts, with important lessons for all trade unionists, writes Alistair Tice.
Leeds bin workers received marvellous support, photo Leeds Socialist Party
25 November 2009
As the bin strike in Leeds entered its twelfth week, an agreement was reached between refuse collectors and Streetscene workers, and the council, writes A Leeds Unison steward.
18 November 2009
Leeds council delays talks to end bin dispute
Now into week 11, the bin strike in Leeds has been the most significant piece of industrial action in Yorkshire since the miners' strike, writes A Leeds Unison steward.
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