Liverpool
Thousands of Liverpool fans join protest against football bosses' 'war of greed'
08 February 2016Anfield saw a major demonstration over soaring Premier League ticket prices last Saturday. Liverpool FC announced next season’s pricing structures this week, under which a match ticket will cost £77. Season tickets will also top £1,000 for the first time ever.
Privatisation scandal of dirty wards in Nottingham
01 September 2015Also: Oxford porters accept pay deal | Construction workers protest at Royal Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool FC fans furious over blacklist firm and ticket prices
16 December 2014The Liverpool FC fan group Spirit of Shankly is dismayed to note the club’s recent contractual relationship with Carrillion regarding the rebuilding of the main stand.
Police told Hillsborough survivor to ''get back in you f****** Scouse b*****d''
04 September 2014Liverpool football fans have described “mayhem” and a “chaos” during the Hillsborough disaster in April 1989. And they have underlined the role played by the police
Lecturers win over contracts at Liverpool University
24 September 2013Lecturers at the University of Liverpool have scored a victory over management. Bosses had threatened to dismiss 2,803 workers if they refused to sign new contracts. These contracts would allow bosses to call in workers as needed—without giving them any time off in lieu in return.
Inquest verdicts quashed for Hillsborough victims
31 December 2012A judge last month quashed accidental death inquest verdicts for 96 Liverpool football fans who died as a result of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
News round-up
11 December 2012Inquests set to be quashed Attorney general Dominic Grieve has applied to quash inquest verdicts for 96 Liverpool football fans who died as a result of the Hillsborough football disaster.
Time's up for Nazi MEPs
04 December 2012Over 70 people attended the North West Unite Against Fascism (UAF) regional conference in Liverpool last Sunday, supported by many of the region’s trade unions.
Anti-fascists oppose 'North West Infidels' in Liverpool
06 November 2012Around 80 anti-fascist protesters outnumbered 20 of the fascist North West Infidels (NWI) at short notice in Liverpool last Saturday.
Reports round-up
30 October 2012‘People will die’ from Liverpool cuts Protesters blocked traffic outside Liverpool town hall on Wednesday of last week while the Labour council planned £11 million of cuts.
Fresh inquests could be held over Hillsborough disaster deaths
16 October 2012Fresh inquests could be held into the deaths of 96 Liverpool football fans who died as a result of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
The class contempt that killed 96
18 September 2012Liverpool football fans died because government and police refused to treat them as human beings." That’s what Socialist Worker said after the disaster at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday’s football ground, in April 1989—and that was the truth.
Liverpool trade union march defies threats from far right
24 July 2012Around 300 trade unionists and activists marched in Toxteth, Liverpool, last Saturday for an annual commemoration of the life of Liverpool-born Irish socialist James Larkin.
Teachers set to meet to discuss the pensions fight
12 June 2012Teachers were set to meet in Liverpool this Saturday to discuss the fight to defend their pensions.
Meyr Melnhof protest
17 April 2012Workers sacked by Meyr Melnhof Packaging in Bootle, near Liverpool, have been protesting outside the company’s clients and their shareholders.
Packaging workers target clients
10 April 2012Locked out workers from Mayr Melnof Packaging (MMP) factory in Bootle near Liverpool were in Manchester on Thursday of last week.
Bootle - the battle goes on
03 April 2012Workers from Mayr Melnhof Packaging (MMP) in Bootle, near Liverpool, protested outside the Austrian embassy in London last Friday against their treatment at the hands of the Austrian-based firm.
Bootle packaging workers protest in London against redundancies
30 March 2012Workers from Mayr Melnhof Packaging (MMP) in Bootle, near Liverpool, protested outside the Austrian embassy in London today, Friday, against their treatment at the hands of the Austrian-based firm.
MMP strikers plan London demo
27 March 2012Over 80 people rallied in solidarity with 149 locked out workers at Mayr Melnhof Packaging (MMP) in Bootle near Liverpool on Thursday of last week.
Locked out Bootle workers call protest in London
23 March 2012Over 80 people rallied in solidarity with 149 locked out workers at Mayr Melnhof Packaging (MMP) in Bootle near Liverpool last night, Thursday.
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