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16 July 2008 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 THIS SEPTEMBER, 67 post offices in different parts of Greater Manchester face closure. The government wants to shut 2,500 around the country. Many local post offices have started their own petitions. 18 June 2008 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... 18 June 2008 The Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference met from 8-13 June, under the threat of huge attacks on its industries and its members, writes Dave Griffiths. 21 May 2008 Postman Pat joins the CWU picket line in East London during a CWU strike, photo Naomi Byron 30 April 2008 Tales from the council chambers: PROTESTS CAN change things - but are even more effective when there are socialist councillors to direct public pressure onto the establishment parties, writes Clive Heemskerk. 23 April 2008 "Socialist councillors are the only ones who've ever stood up for this area and taken the time to listen to us, I'll definitely be voting for Dave" - this was typical of the responses received by Socialist Party supporter, writes Richard Groves, Coventry West Socialist Party. 23 April 2008
ON 19 April a Save Our Post Offices (SOPO) rally in Gloucester's shopping centre attracted 50 local campaigners... 9 April 2008
ON 5 April, Socialist Party members gathered near WH Smiths in Winchester in a demonstration showing our disgust at the local post office's move to a cramped space in the back of that shop... 2 April 2008
SAVE OUR Post Offices (SOPO) campaigners have scored a first-stage victory by forcing Gloucestershire county council (GCC) to consider an 'Essex type' rescue plan for the 27 post offices facing closure in the county, writes Chris Moore, Save Our Post Offices campaign. | |||||||||||||||
