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9 October 2013
Hull students and workers agree: We need councils that fight all cuts!
More than 30 socialists of all ages met in Hull recently to hear Tony Mulhearn link the struggle of Liverpool City Council in the 1980s to the emerging battle to defend jobs and services in Hull today
25 September 2013
Industrial and political battles at Hull city council
It has been a week of twists and turns in the battle to defend terms and conditions for Hull council workers, writes Mick Whale.
18 September 2013
Overwhelming opposition stuns Hull council
Hull city council workers have rejected the worsening of terms and conditions
19 July 2013
Hull council Unison recommending action against cuts
An emergency Local Government committee of Hull council Unison branch voted unanimously to recommend to members the rejection of management's cuts
17 July 2013
Desperate poverty drives some people to desperate acts. The Hull Daily Mail reports that 40% more people seem to be stealing food for personal consumption in Hull than last year, writes Mike Whale.
7 March 2013
Hull, Warrington, Bristol and Bradford
Three Hull councillors remain defiant against Labour budget: Three Hull councillors, Gary Wareing, Dean Kirk and Gill Kennett, broke the Labour whip and voted against council budget cuts on Thursday 28 February, writes Phil Culshaw, Hull Unison steward (personal capacity).
6 March 2013
Services 'not ours to give away' say Hull rebel councillors
Three Hull councillors broke the Labour whip to vote against budget cuts. They were supported by 400 people outside
27 February 2013
Hull: build an unstoppable force
A walk down Holderness Road, east Hull, tells the story. Instead of traditional shops and businesses, there are charity shops, pay-day loan sharks, money lenders, pawn shops and betting shops.
27 February 2013
Leicester protesters say no cuts!: On 20 February, 200 homeless people, trade unionists and campaigners lobbied Leicester's Labour council as they voted for cuts...
30 January 2013
Greencore workers take 24-hour strike action
500 Unite members who work at the food company Greencore in Hull have taken strike action to demand a living wage
30 January 2013
Hull councillors ready to vote No
Three Hull city Labour councillors have told the local press they will vote against cuts in jobs and services
4 January 2013
Hull council acts against blacklisting
Hull City Council has voted unanimously to remove blacklisting firms from all council contracts at the latest full council meeting
21 November 2012
Hull workers reject 'austerity lite'
0n 15 November angry and determined workers lobbied Hull city council to demand that Labour councillors keep their election promises
7 November 2012
Hull: Socialist policies needed for a real recovery
The announcement that we're out of recession is laughable for most people. The 1% growth must be a misprint as the only growth working class people see is in the income of the 1%
19 October 2012
Hull council workers demand that Labour councillors oppose cuts
In a week that saw redundancies announced in Hull at two companies, Seven Seas and McCain Foods, over 300 angry Hull City Council workers rallied outside the Guildhall at the start of a campaign to oppose the latest round of cuts in council jobs and services
3 October 2012
Councillors must resist all Tory cuts
Southampton: Nick Chaffey, Southampton Socialist Party, wrote the following letter to the Independent in reply to an article by Owen Jones...
26 September 2012
Why Hull council should defy the government's cuts to services
'Because you have all done so well, we are going to give you some more cuts to carry out'. This was the message from Local Government Minister Eric Pickles to a recent meeting of the Local Government Association...
24 September 2012
Opportunistic speeches at Hull march against NHS cuts
On Saturday 22 September over 300 trade unionists and service users marched through Hull to protest against £99 million worth of cuts to the Hull and East Riding NHS trust
12 September 2012
Workers' unity against brutal bosses at Cranswick Foods
Striking workers at the Cranswick Foods meat processing factory at Preston near Hull have won a temporary reprieve from brutal new working conditions
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