Bringing a ray of hope to workers across the country, Leicester’s two local TUSC councillors, Barbara Potter and Wayne Naylor, gave passionate speeches at the recent annual conference of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, held on Saturday 24th January in London. Councillor Barbara Potter said she stood for a council seat because she was […]
By Simon Robinson, Leicester NUT member The Socialist (issue 782) previously reported on a campaign to stop Rushey Mead in Leicester becoming an academy. The school management has never given clear reasons why an academy would benefit anyone involved in the school. But despite a strong campaign, we left for our summer break expecting that […]
By Alex Morgan, Assistant Branch Secretary, PCS HMRC Leicester branch HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) members in the Midlands were on strike on Thursday 26 June as part of our rolling regional week of action in the jobs and staffing campaign. HMRC are refusing to consult meaningfully with the union on massive job cuts and privatisation […]
By Nick Wright On Wednesday 19th of February there was a nation-wide demonstration against the infamous DWP contractor, Atos. Over one hundred and forty Atos offices across the country were picketed by disabled protesters and their supporters. The company, first brought in by the previous Labour government, have been at the sharp end of the […]
On May 1, TUSC electoral candidate for the Abbey Ward by-election, Tessa Warrington, gave the following public speech at the Stocking Farm Community Centre. I find it fitting that on International Workers’ Day we are meeting here to discuss the brutal attacks this feckless government is carrying out on working people in the form of […]
Lincoln Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition supporters have selected Nick Parker as the candidate for the Lincoln East by-election. The vacancy has arisen as a result of the national scandal which broke out after it was revealed that the sitting Tory councillor, Reverend Sara Cliff, had attended 19 meetings in the course of over 3 […]
Iain Duncan Smith’s hopes for a discreet, unpublicised tour around the Jobcentre Plus on Wellington Street and the Pensions Centre on Yeoman Street were dashed on Friday 15th June as Leicester Youth Fight for Jobs learned of his visit and arranged a special greeting party.
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