On Thursday 15 October, a packed Secular Hall listened to speakers from the NUT, the TUC and Leicester Trades Council to condemn the latest attack upon workers by the Conservative … Continue reading →
Over 20 people attended a meeting of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union was held on Sunday in Leicester. The meeting was part of a recruitment drive of migrant … Continue reading →
Yesterday, students from Leicester universities and colleges demonstrated for free education. The march from Victoria Park to the Clock Tower was lively and determined. Councillor Wayne Naylor from the Trade … Continue reading →
Now there is no doubt. We have to take the threat of Ukip very seriously and the left has to get its act together. We need more resistance to Ukip … Continue reading →
Leicester celebrates 100 years of the book ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’, as part of the ‘Everybody’s Reading’ festival. Come and find out why this excellent book still inspires great passion and … Continue reading →
Firefighters in England and Wales have continued their strikes in an ongoing row over the theft of their pensions by the Tories. Strikes took place for two or four hours every day between … Continue reading →
Workers at Argos distribution sites have embarked on a week long strike against long hours, weekend working, excessive targets and bullying management. All shifts at the Magna Park site have … Continue reading →
Nearly 100 hundred people attended the Campaign Against NHS Privatisation (CANP) public meeting on Saturday 14th June in Leicester. In the packed meeting we heard Louise Irvine describe the current state … Continue reading →
Leicestershire Fast Food Rights Campaign held its first day of action on Saturday 29th March. Involved in the protest for fast food rights were members of the BFAWU, Unite the … Continue reading →
Around 200 people gathered to protest outside Leicester town hall where the council was holding it’s budget meeting at 4pm today. Unions were present along with members of community organisations … Continue reading →