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Mass Trespass won the right the roam
18 April 2012
1932 - mass trespass won the right to roam
Battling for change: The latest crisis in capitalism has given rise to the 'Occupy' movement, a visible and youthful protest at the unequal ownership and distribution of wealth...
29 February 2012
Anti-blacklisting battle continues on building sites
Huge pay cuts were beaten by construction electricians' mass protests and actions, but blacklisting remains
29 February 2012
Attack on pay defeated at Manchester's NHS Trust
"The BIPP's been bipped!" Manchester health workers are celebrating a victory after management's policy of withholding some pay on spurious grounds was found unlawful
6 February 2012
All 39 Sure Start centres in Manchester have been saved following a mammoth year-long battle by parents and staff against the council
26 January 2012
Electricians to protest on 1 February in Manchester
Manchester electricians fighting the new Besna contracts because of pay cuts and deskilling, are appealing for a huge turnout on Wednesday 1 February from 7am at the town hall/central library site, writes Hugh Caffrey.
13 January 2012
'The members want to fight!' - Greater Manchester shop stewards network meeting
Supporters of the Shop Stewards Network in Greater Manchester met on 12 January to review the situation on the pensions dispute in light of the TUC's refusal to coordinate further action, and PCS's statement that together with other 'rejectionist' unions it will seek to continue coordinated action, writes Hugh Caffrey, Socialist Party north west secretary.
4 October 2011
Manchester: Thousands say no to cuts
Tories gathering for conference faced large demonstration: 35,000 people travelled to Manchester on 2nd October to march against the anti-working class policies of the Tories
3 October 2011
35,000 on TUC march in Manchester
35,000 trade unionists and other protesters marched in Manchester yesterday against the austerity measures of the Tories - who were assembling in the city for their annual conference...
16 August 2011
1819 Peterloo Massacre - fitting memorial demanded
On 16th August 1819 in St Peter's Fields, Manchester, armed cavalry charged a peaceful crowd of around 60,000 people gathered to listen to anti-poverty and pro-democracy speakers...
7 March 2011
Over 1,000 marched through Manchester on Saturday 5 March, the biggest anti-cuts turnout in the city so far. Banners from local campaigns mingled with trade union and campaign banners from nearby towns like Salford and Bury
Sure Start protest in Manchester, photo by Hugh Caffrey
3 March 2011
Sure Start campaign in Manchester builds momentum
Forty Sure Start centres across Manchester face closure and privatisation as the city council carries out the government spending cuts at the expense of jobs and services
Lively and youthful march in Manchester, Saturday 29 January, organised by the PCS and UCU trade unions together with the National Union of Students., photo Dave Beale
2 February 2011
Young people march for a future
Manchester and London: "Cuts affect everyone" said one placard on a very lively and youthful march in Manchester on 29 January. An edited version of the articles on the Manchester and London demonstrations appeared in issue 656 of The Socialist.
20 January 2011
Manchester council cuts - figures don't add up
The plot has thickened at Manchester city council in the days following the 2,000 job losses announcement, as public statements and internal council documents shed further light on the situation
14 January 2011
Manchester council plans to axe one in five posts
Two thousand council jobs in Manchester are to be scrapped, with compulsory redundancies a serious prospect, as the council tries to cut £110 million worth of services over the next two years, writes Hugh Caffrey.
North West Shop Stewards Network Lobby 8 December 2010, photo by Hugh Caffrey
13 December 2010
Trade unionists lobby Mancester council
Shop Stewards Network supporters working and living in Manchester lobbied outside the Manchester city council meeting on Wednesday 8 December, with a great response from council workers and passers-by, writes Andy Ford - secretary, North-West Shop Stewards Network (NWSSN) and Hugh Caffrey, Socialist Party.
18 November 2010
Manchester: Redundancy threat to police officers and staff
Thousands of Greater Manchester Police staff are facing job losses, writes Hugh Caffrey, Manchester Socialist Party.
Manchester law centre staff protest against funding cuts, photo Hugh Caffrey
17 November 2010
South Manchester Law Centre provides free and affordable legal services to people on low incomes, and yet it has to fight for survival after cuts in funding...
11 November 2010
100 supporters, staff and service users of South Manchester Law Centre protested before their High Court case on 8 November...
Manchester protest
24 October 2010
Up to 100 trade unionists and community campaigners rallied in St Peter's Square on 23 October, organised by the Shop Stewards Network...
21 April 2010
Strike ballot at Manchester Metropolitan University
Workers at Manchester Metropolitan University are continuing to fight 127 job losses, with their union Unison restarting the process of balloting for strike action, writes A Unison member at MMU.
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