Yorkshire
Anger at scale of floods in Fishlake
Over 100 flood alerts were in place across Britain on Monday
After deadly floods - anger at authorities’ failures and Tory cuts
There is rising anger across Yorkshire and the Midlands at authorities’ failure to protect people from flooding.
Library and museum workers strike against savage cuts in Bradford
Library and museum workers in West Yorkshire began a three-day walkout against millions of pounds of cuts on Tuesday.
Strike to shelve cuts plan at libraries in West Yorkshire
Library and museum workers in West Yorkshire were set to hold a 48-hour strike from Monday of next week.
Bradford library and museum workers call 14 days of strikes over millions in cuts
Library and museum workers in West Yorkshire have announced 14 days of strikes against millions of pounds of cuts.
Austerity, Brexit chaos and political failure - a warning of how the right can win
Sadie Robinson reports from Doncaster and Barnsley on how bitter frustration at years of austerity and political failure have created the conditions for the right to benefit—but anger could also be pulled to the left
LETTERS - health workers need to back indefinite strike in Bradford
19 August 2019It is good to see that health workers in Bradford have voted for an all-out strike against privatisation from Monday 26 August. (Socialist Worker, 14 August).
Batley protest shows unity against racism in West Yorkshire
11 December 2018Labour shadow home secretary Diane Abbott gave a big boost to a rally against racism in Batley, West Yorkshire, last Saturday.
Strikes save jobs at Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe
04 December 2018Workers at Ladywood Primary school in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, were overjoyed to hear last week that management had backed down from sacking nine dinner ladies at Christmas.
Confident mood on the picket line as Bradford university staff strike to save jobs
01 November 2018Workers at Bradford university are on strike to defend jobs and conditions. The Unison union members, representing cleaners, cooks, gardeners, technicians, security guards and admin staff, began a three-day strike on Wednesday.
Dinner ladies won’t let up strike for jobs
30 October 2018Unison union members at Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, are not giving up in their fight against job cuts.
Janet Alder speaks out - ‘Hold cops to account over deaths in custody’
27 March 2018Twenty years after her brother Christopher Alder died, Janet Alder is still fighting for truth and justice
Parents protest at Barnsley primary school against Academies Enterprise Trust
20 February 2018A large group of parents turned out to protest against Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) at St Helen’s Primary in Barnsley as the school reopened after half term on Monday.
Join protest over dismissal of activist Louise Harrison and to defend women’s aid
23 January 2018Supporters of South Yorkshire Women’s Aid (SYWA) and Louise Harrison were set to protest in Doncaster on Saturday.
Labour members target domestic violence worker Louise Harrison in Doncaster
23 December 2017Louise Harrison, a domestic violence worker and campaigner in South Yorkshire, could be dismissed from her job because Labour members want to protect their party.
Third Energy ready to frack in North Yorkshire at any moment
29 October 2017The battle over fracking in Britain has shifted a gear. Third Energy is poised to frack at Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
Fight to support women facing domestic violence
29 August 2017Campaigners in Doncaster took to the streets last Saturday to defend South Yorkshire Women’s Aid
industrial reports round up
28 March 2017Fujitsu IT services workers struck last Friday and again on Monday to defend their jobs and livelihoods from the firm’s cost-cutting.
New protests as activists demand justice for man murdered by police, Yassar Yaqub
10 January 2017Angry protesters blocked the M62 motorway on Monday evening to mark a week since police shot and killed Yassar Yaqub.
Angry protests hit West Yorkshire after police killing of Yassar Yaqub
05 January 2017People across West Yorkshire and beyond have reacted with fury to the police shooting of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub.
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- Angry sixth form college strikers say, ‘Education cuts are an election issue’
- Jeremy Corbyn wins TV debate while Boris bores on Brexit
- We must take on the rich to win real change
- Bradford library workers stage fourth round of action
- Hundreds of health workers strike against privatisation
- Education round up: Notts College strikers agree to new deal
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