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9 March 2011
Demonstrations against council cuts
Over 1,000 marched through Manchester on Saturday 5 March as banners from local campaigns mingled with trade union and campaign banners from nearby towns including Salford and Bury, writes Paul Gerrard. Also reports from Liverpool, Salford, Gateshead and Newcastle
2 February 2011
Protesting against all of the cuts
Stroud: On a march organised by Stroud Against Cuts and Gloucestershire Trades Council, the small town echoed to the sound of 500 anti-cuts protesters determined to oppose the cuts agenda of the coalition government and Tory-led county council...
Lobbying Bolton council
27 January 2011
Bolton council workers denounce huge cuts
Unison members working for Bolton council lobbied the council executive on Monday 24 January, because it was meeting to accept proposals for cuts
27 October 2010
Bolton: Police brutality exposed
ON 20 October Alan Clough, a retired corporation gardener from Bury and Unison member, was due in Bolton Magistrates' Court charged with assaulting a police officer during the rally against the far right English Defence League in Bolton in March, writes Paul Gerrard, Bury NUT.
15 September 2010
Lobbies warn councils of workers' action
Bristol: AT A mass lobby of Bristol councillors on 7 September, several council trade unions warned of impending industrial action should the Lib-Dem council try to carry through compulsory redundancies, writes Robin Clapp.
Bolton protest
9 September 2010
Protest against Bolton council's cuts
On the 1st of September in Bolton there was a huge protest against Bolton council's plans to savagely cut 40% off its budget...
24 March 2010
Far-right EDL outnumbered in Bolton, police try to even the odds!
When the far-right English Defence League (EDL) brought their racist bandwagon to Bolton in Greater Manchester on Saturday 20 March they were significantly outnumbered by anti-EDL protesters, writes Socialist Party members, Greater Manchester.
22 March 2010
Far-right EDL outnumbered in Bolton, police try to even the odds!
When the far-right English Defence League (EDL) brought their racist bandwagon to Bolton in Greater Manchester on 20th March they were significantly outnumbered by anti-EDL protesters...
22 October 2008
Bolton: Staff at two Bolton schools took strike action on 21 October over issues arising from the "academies" programme...
25 June 2008
Teachers fight academy plans in Bolton
"What do Airtours know about running a school?": TEACHERS AT Withins school in Bolton took a second day of strike action on 18 June, over issues arising from their employers' plan to turn it into an 'academy' school, writes Hugh Caffrey.
14 May 2008
Following a successful inaugural conference of the North West Shop Stewards Network (NWSSN) last month, the elected committee met for the first time on 10 May, writes Dave Lunn, assistant secretary NWSSN, personal capacity.
1 November 2007
Bolton care workers' dispute: Workers' determination yields first signs of success
Since the beginning of October care workers in Bolton have been involved in industrial action to defend terms and conditions of employment which had supposedly been agreed on a national level.... By Robert Mitchell
11 October 2007
Bolton Council is attempting to cut holiday and sick pay for carers by removing the right to claim for 'sleep-ins' (overnight shifts in care homes – an essential part of many carers' duties and wages)... By Robert Mitchell
4 October 2007
Bolton: Bolton Council is attempting to cut holiday and sick pay for carers by removing the right to claim for 'sleep-ins', an essential part of many carers' duties and wages... By Robert Mitchell, Bolton Socialist Party
1 March 2007
Jobs and services, not cuts and excuses!
DOZENS OF angry care workers lobbied Bolton council against a savage cuts programme at a full council meeting on 21 February. ...
19 July 2003
Kick big business out of the NHS: HEALTH WORKERS at Royal Bolton Hospital (RBH) are continuing their fight with ISS Mediclean for a living wage, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester Socialist Party.
12 July 2003
We're Fighting For A Living Wage
LOW-PAID domestics and porters at Royal Bolton Hospital are entering a new phase of struggle. Fighting the poverty pay of multinational company ISS Mediclean, UNISON members have struck at the heart of...
5 July 2003
PORTERS AND domestics at Royal Bolton Hospital are striking against poverty pay employers ISS Mediclean, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester Socialist Party.
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