Click here to watch an interview with Helen Pattison from Youth Fight for Jobs featured on tonight’s Channel 4 News. For an empowering two hours earlier this evening, McDonald’s in Leicester was host to an international solidarity protest. Invitations had been sent out by the Baker Food and Allied Workers Union and Youth Fight for […]
On Thursday 8th May, the public gallery was full as the scrutiny committee of Leicester Council met to discuss cuts to voluntary services in the city. Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC) and Leicester Council of Faiths were both allowed to submit a response (although they were limited to just 5 minutes each to put their […]
Hundreds of people rallied together in Leicester on Monday to celebrate May Day, helping strengthen the links between local workers who are determined to unite in the fight-back against all the political parties of cuts. On the same day The Guardian newspaper somehow managed to find the space to write a useful article about the […]
A pushchair protest took place in Leicester on 30 April against the cuts being made by the council to children’s centres. Parents affected by the cuts to the centres and members of “Leicestershire Against the Cuts” (LAC) marched in opposition to the slashing of this service which plays a crucial role in supporting families across […]
UPDATE: TREC posted this article “We Stood Our Ground” which includes powerful videos of some of the speakers at the protest. Around 100 people protested outside the Labour Group meeting in Leicester today against the threatened withdrawal of funding for the Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC). Speakers at the rally made the point that TREC […]
The following article was published in the Leicester Mercury on April 22, 2014. In 2011, Leicester elected an executive mayor. Today, this one person has more power over council services than all of the 54 equally democratically elected councillors. The previous system, where the councillors elected their own leadership and had more power to make […]
Leicester Race Equality Centre (TREC) has represented the people of Leicester for the last 50 years, giving advice and support to an estimated 150,000 people during that time. Leicester is one of the few cities left in the UK with a Race Equality Centre and the city has been touted by the council, with their […]
On 6 February a Leicester Socialist Students member was arrested when taking part in a peaceful protest in support of striking university workers. He has now been released and charged over an alleged incident that took place during a Leicester University occupation in December 2013. Why have police waited almost two months to make the arrest on […]
Statement from Leicester University Socialist Students: Thanks to all comrades who have lent their support in the last few days! A rally was held today in protest at the police presence on campus and the arrest of a student yesterday. This protest was aptly timed with the unveiling of a statue donated to the university which […]
On Thursday 23 January university lecturers in the University and College Union (UCU) undertook a two-hour strike action over an ongoing pay dispute. Workers at De Montfort University for example must continue working in the face of a massive effective pay cut while their vice chancellor, on the other hand, continues to get pay rises. […]
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