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Students on the march, photo Sarah Wrack
26 January 2011
Workers and students unite!:
* 20% youth unemployment:
Invest in jobs and services!
* £9,000 student fees:
For free education!
* EMA payments scrapped:
Defend and extend EMA!
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
National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) lobby of TUC conference in Manchester 2010, photo Suleyman Civi
19 January 2011
Con-Dems and councils swing the axe: Over 100,000 jobs are already under threat in local authorities as Labour, Tory and Liberal councillors swing the Con-Dem axe, writes Hugh Caffrey, North West Socialist Party secretary.
November 24th student demonstrations against tuition fees rises and the abolition of the EMA, photo Senan
19 January 2011
Students demand - 'save our EMA'
AS STUDENTS restart their protest action in the New Year over the rise in fees and cutting of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), a poll has revealed the extent of the impact that the attack on EMA will have on working class young people, writes Suzanne Beishon.
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.
Youth Fight for Jobs demonstration, November 2009, photo Dave Carr
12 January 2011
March for a future - Join the demonstrations on 29 January
David Cameron has declared he'll deliver "the most pro-business...agenda ever unleashed by a government", writes Tracy Edwards, PCS young members' organiser (personal capacity).
12 January 2011
March for a future - Join the demonstrations on 29 January
David Cameron has declared he'll deliver "the most pro-business...agenda ever unleashed by a government", writes Tracy Edwards, PCS young members' organiser (personal capacity)
PCS banner joins the student protest against fees outside parliament on Day X, photo by Suzanne Beishon
5 January 2011
As a Christmas present to the bankers and big-business, the Con-Dem government voted through the tripling of tuition fees and have now stopped processing new claims for Education Maintenance Allowance, writes Jethro Waldron, YFJ colleges organiser.
5 January 2011
29 January demonstration in Manchester: Students and young workers unite
On 29 January a demonstration will take place in Manchester, bringing together young workers and students to fight for our future, writes Ben Robinson, Youth Fight for Jobs chair.
15 December 2010
Fighting back against council cuts
Manchester: North West Shop Stewards Network (NWSSN) supporters working and living in Manchester lobbied outside the Manchester city council meeting on Wednesday 8 December, and received a great response from council workers and passers-by...
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.
Newcastle students protest, photo Elaine Brunskill
1 December 2010
We can win: student struggle must escalate
On 24 November 130,000 school, college and university students walked out in the biggest education action for 25 years...
Newcastle students protest, photo by Ray Smith
30 November 2010
Students march as parliament debates tuition fees
Updated 1/12/10 Thousands of students marched again today, 30th November, to protest as tuition fees were to be debated in parliament...
25 November 2010
Student walkouts on 24 November
Last updated 29 Nov Throughout the day students across the country demonstrated, occupied and walked out against the government's attacks on further and higher education, many initiated by Youth Fight for Jobs and Socialist Students.
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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...
13 October 2010
Protest against the Con-Dem's comprehensive cuts on 23 October
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15 September 2010
National Shop Stewards Network lobby - Manchester: I didn't want to get up at 6am in the morning on my Sunday off to make a four hour journey to Manchester and then a four hour journey back to ask the TUC Congress to name the day for a national demonstration, writes Nancy Taaffe.
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