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18 September 2019
South Yorkshire defeats fire cuts
After months of campaigning, lobbying and petitioning by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), Socialist Party and others, on 16 September the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority voted not to proceed with the chief fire officer's proposal to reduce crewing levels from five to four
17 September 2019
South Yorkshire FBU celebrates halt to cuts
After a successful and hard-fought campaign from Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members, the fire authority resoundingly voted to shelve the proposed plans to reduce the number of firefighters riding a fire engine from five to four, which would have seen 84 firefighter posts cut.
11 September 2019
Leeds pensioners occupy BBC to save free TV licenses
"BBC, shame on you" was the chant as around 50 pensioners from across Yorkshire, including as far away as Scarborough, occupied the reception area of the Leeds BBC offices.
19 June 2019
Orgreave injustice - 35th anniversary march and rally
The 35th anniversary of the "Battle of Orgreave" was marked on Saturday 15 June with the biggest turnout yet of around 500 demonstrators, on what has become an annual march for "Truth and Justice", writes Alistair Tice, Yorkshire Socialist Party secretary.
5 June 2019
South Yorkshire: No to fire service cuts!
South Yorkshire Fire Brigade Union (FBU) members will be lobbying Sheffield City Council meeting outside the Town Hall at 12.30pm on Wednesday 12 June.
10 April 2019
South Yorkshire Freedom Riders - still battling on
South Yorkshire Freedom Riders held rallies on 1 April marking five years of our struggle for the full restoration of travel pass rights
3 April 2019
NHS marches in Yorkshire and London
Campaigners and trade unionists came together to march through Leeds city centre and say that, despite the government's chronic paralysis over Brexit, the Tory plans to destroy our health service are still ongoing.
27 February 2019
Non-fiction: 'Unhealthy Profits: PFI in the NHS'
This is a useful book for any trade unionist fighting the consequences of their own local PFI scheme
6 February 2019
Sheffield tree campaigners' legal win
The Independent Office for Police Conduct has ruled that seven Sheffield Trees Action Group campaigners were wrongly arrested in 2016 and 2017.
12 December 2018
Veolia waste workers vote for action in Cheshire
Waste workers in Unite the Union in Cheshire, employed by Veolia UK, have overwhelmingly voted for strike action in their dispute over unpaid shifts.
12 December 2018
Spontaneous hull walkouts stick two fingers up at Tory anti-trade union laws
Ferrybridge workers on construction sites and fast food factories have stuck two fingers up at the Tory Trade Union Act by striking.
21 November 2018
Indefinite dinner ladies' and teaching assistants' strike
The strike action at Ladywood primary school in Grimethorpe reached its 29th day
7 November 2018
"Today is the day we say enough. Together we can't be defeated," said workers at a strike rally on the first day of a four-day walkout by Unison union members at Bradford University.
14 August 2018
Victory: NHS workers say no to privatisation
Unison members in estates and facilities at Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust were due to strike
25 July 2018
Sheffield tram workers strike for 72 hours
Sheffield Supertram drivers and conductors, members of Unite the Union, took 72 hours' further strike action in pursuit of their pay claim on 20-22 July.
11 July 2018
Women's Lives Matter launched in Leeds to fight domestic violence service cuts
After it was reported that services protecting women against domestic violence in Leeds have been cut by 59%, we helped call a public meeting to launch 'Women's Lives Matter' in Leeds.
4 July 2018
Yorkshire NSSN meeting starts coordinating struggles
The first National Shop Stewards Network meeting in Harrogate on 27 June brought together fighting trade unionists including NHS, college and rail workers
27 June 2018
NHS Mid Yorkshire strike suspended
Management has agreed to investigate keeping staff in the NHS pension scheme and direct employment, and suspended looking at inferior terms and conditions
20 June 2018
Yorks NHS workers fight outsourcing
Mid Yorkshire Unison members and public supporters lobbied a Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust board meeting held on 14 June
13 June 2018
NHS workers plan coordinated strikes across West Yorks against outsourcing
Four Yorkshire branches of health union Unison are balloting simultaneously for strikes against plans to transfer estates and facilities workers into separate companies - owned by NHS trusts, but outside the NHS.
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