tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18536095582497225432024-03-13T07:29:39.328+00:00Leeds Against The CutsLeeds Trades Council set up Leeds Against the Cuts to campaign against the huge cuts to jobs, welfare and public services. If you’re a Trade unionist, student, working, unemployed or retired, join us in getting the word out to the public: there’s plenty of money in the bank accounts of Britain’s millionaires, tax them for the public services we need and to provide jobs for unemployed.
The aim is to develop a movement which is as broad based as possible against the cuts being implemented.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-75905396141053331642013-05-02T21:13:00.001+01:002013-05-02T21:13:08.994+01:00May Day March - No Cuts, No Bedroom Tax, No Evictions, No Privatisation - Saturday 04 May 2013 - 12:00.<br />
Join the Leeds Trades Union Council annual march for May Day.<br />
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This year we are marching against self defeating Austerity and for an alternative economic programme which will create jobs and raise living standards.<br />
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NO to CUTS<br />
NO to the BEDROOM TAX<br />
NO to EVICTIONS<br />
and NO to PRIVATISATION.<br />
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Join us and bring your banners, family and friends on Saturday 04 May 2013.<br />
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Assemble in Victoria Gardens opposite Leeds Arts Gallery from 11:00 am.<br />
March to start at Noon.<br />
Rally will start at 12:30.<br />
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Join the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/511256238934146/?fref=ts<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-67232892082273045002013-04-29T20:14:00.003+01:002013-04-29T20:14:35.053+01:00Unite The Resistance Public Meeting - Wednesday 01 May 2013<br />
All welcome to hear Mark Serwotka - General Secretary of PCS talk about the way forward for British trade unions and socialists against austerity.<br />
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Wednesday 01 May 2013, 6:00pm at Lecture Theatre A, Rosebowl, Leeds Met Uni.<br />
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Public Meeting with:<br />
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Mark Serwotka - PCS General Secretary<br />
Alex Gordon - Former RMT President<br />
Dave Williams - FBU pc<br />
Liz Kitchen - Hands Off Our Homes<br />
Paul Holmes - Unison pc<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-58132789489887959242013-04-22T21:07:00.000+01:002013-04-22T21:07:06.354+01:00Next Leeds Against the Cuts Public Meeting on Wednesday 24 April 2013 at 18:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone who wants to oppose the vicious cuts to vital public services in Leeds is welcome to attend our next meeting on Wednesday 24 April 2013 at 18:00.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The meeting will take place in the conference room at Leeds Trades Union Council Centre:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16px;">88 North Street</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16px;">LS2 7PN</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-56413874850138133722013-04-22T21:00:00.001+01:002013-04-22T21:00:45.125+01:001000 Marched against the Bedroom Tax on Saturday<br />
The Stop The Bedroom Tax protest on Saturday was a massive success for <a href="http://handsoffourhomes.org.uk/" target="_blank">Hands Off Our Homes</a> and their campaign to Stop the Bedroom Tax.<br />
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The demonstration was lively, noisy and made a great impression with many people joining the march and demonstration as it made its way around the city centre.<br />
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The Rally heard some great passionate speeches from both those affected by the Bedroom Tax and those who attended the march to support them in Solidarity.<br />
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Reports can be seen below:<br />
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<a href="http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/bedroom-tax-demand-for-no-evictions-by-angry-leeds-tenants-1-5602946" target="_blank">Yorkshire Evening Post</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/story/2013-04-20/leeds-bedroom-tax-protest/" target="_blank">ITV</a> (With Video Report)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-5892457045645493402013-04-16T19:53:00.002+01:002013-04-16T19:53:39.338+01:00Stop The Bedroom Tax - This Saturday - 20 April 2013 - 12:00 - Outside Leeds Arts Gallery<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Stop the Bedroom Tax - No Evictions!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Organised by Hands Off Our Homes. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Big Demo in Leeds City Centre calling for no evictions due to the bedroom tax and an axing of the tax. Together we can defend our homes! This is a protest to show our strength and what can happen if we get together and get organised.</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br />Bring Banners, Placards and invite your family and friends.</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Saturday 20 April 2013 - 12:00, Victoria Gardens outside the Art Gallery.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">and Hands Off Our Homes Here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HandsOffOurHomes">https://www.facebook.com/HandsOffOurHomes</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Unison and Unite members at Leeds University held a lobby of the </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">University council on Thursday 29th November against proposals to </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">attack their pensions</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Leeds and York Unison Community Health branch held a well attended </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">meeting chaired by Leeds TUC President Sheila Banks on Thursday 29 </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">November against the governments cuts to the NHS.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">PCS DVLA members in Leeds joined a national strike on Friday 30 </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">November against plans to close all 39 local DVLA offices in the </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">country as well as other attacks on the Department for Transport.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">GMB members at the Leeds Remploy factory, and their supporters, held a </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">mock funeral on Friday 30th November to mark the closing of their </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">factory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">West Yorkshire FBU handed in over 10,000 signatures on Friday 30 </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">November against plans to cut the fire service, including 11 less fire stations, 19 less fire engines and around 360 less fire-fighters jobs.</span></span><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-55628350555733184052012-11-18T17:27:00.001+00:002012-11-18T17:27:30.629+00:00Tell the West Yorkshire Fire Service you oppose cuts before 30 November 2012The West Yorkshire Fire Service consultation on cuts to our first service ends on 30 November 2012.<br />
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You can read the official consultation document <a href="http://www.wyfs.co.uk/uploads/assets/media/pdfs/general/4558a3768b29fa460c4ca59c941a270ae4b36a71.pdf" target="_blank">HERE:</a><br />
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and you can read the view of the Fire Brigades Union on the proposed cuts <a href="http://www.fbu.org.uk/?p=6094#more-6094" target="_blank">HERE:</a><br />
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You can also see some extremely good arguments against the proposed cuts at: <a href="http://firecutscostlives.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://firecutscostlives.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
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Please let the West Yorkshire Fire Service know your views by either sending a letter to:<br />
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Hannah Stoneman<br />
Consultation Coordinator<br />
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters<br />
Oakroyd Hall, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw<br />
West Yorkshire<br />
BD11 2DY<br />
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or e-mailing: <a href="mailto:consultation@westyorksfire.gov.uk">consultation@westyorksfire.gov.uk</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-70217691939072075852012-11-01T16:13:00.001+00:002012-11-01T16:13:14.398+00:00Stop the cuts to your West Yorkshire Fire Service<br />
The West Yorkshire Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has called for a mass march and rally to protest against the cuts to Fire Stations and staff in West Yorkshire.<br />
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On Saturday 03 November 2012 The March will start at 12:30 outside the Art Gallery on the Headrow in Leeds and march around the city centre followed by a Rally with speakers including Matt Wrack the general secretary of the FBU.<br />
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Please attend to show your opposition to the decimation of your fire service.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-3988550051776582622012-09-10T21:24:00.001+01:002012-09-10T21:24:32.571+01:00Leeds TUC Public Meeting for A Future That Works<div><p>Please attend the Leeds TUC Public Meeting for A Future That Works.</p>
<p>Mark Serwotka - General Secretary of the Public and Comercial Services (PCS) Union will be speaker plus many more.</p>
<p>The meeting is on Wednesday 19 September 2012 at 6pm.</p>
<p>Please attend and book your coach for the March for a future that works in London on Saturday 20 October 2012.</p>
<p>To get your ticket call 07904 045320 or e-mail: secretary@Leeds-tuc.org.uk.</p>
<p>Tickets are £10 waged or £1 unwaged.</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-5374823641731262742012-06-04T15:16:00.002+01:002012-06-04T15:16:17.445+01:00Local councillors and union launch campaign against Royal Mail office closure<br />
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in the WF15/16 postcode area have launched a campaign against the closure of
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DO office has served the local community in the Heckmondwike & Liversedge
postcode for many years. Residents can use the office to pick up parcels,
redirect or hold mail, and access other services. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Office by August 2012 and move operations to Batley Delivery Office on Grange
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Community and its elected councillors or MPs, or the workers and their union
(CWU). Local Councillors and the CWU are calling on Royal Mail to keep the
office open. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Liversedge collecting parcels will mean the journey to Grange Road in Batley
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locally. While receiving travel allowances for three years, ultimately they
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pick up their children from school if the move means later start times and
longer travelling times. While Royal Mail has stated that nobody will lose
their job, some workers may not have a place at Batley Delivery Office and are
unsure where in the Wakefield area they may end up working.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quality of service offered to local residents and businesses and would be an
unnecessary disruption to our member's current working life<span style="color: red;">. I <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Local Councillors have launched a campaign to keep the office open, in order to
keep on serving the community. They are campaigning on the internet and in the
local area with a petition's and leaflets.
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If you wish to attend please RSVP to: <a href="mailto:eventstream@leedsmet.ac.uk">eventstream@leedsmet.ac.uk</a><br />
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Professor Paul Blackledge</h3>
Professor Paul Blackledge is a political theorist working within the classical Marxist tradition. His most recent works include a monograph, Marxism and Ethics: Freedom, Desire and Revolution, and a coedited collection, Virtue and Politics. In these books he articulated a Hegelian Marxist ethic through the lens of a neo-Aristotelian critique of liberalism and capitalism. The understanding of Marxism developed in these books builds upon arguments first presented in his second monograph, Reflections on the Marxist Theory of History, and in a series of related articles.<br />
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Beyond the Impasse of the Modern Moral<br />Point of View: Towards an Ethical Marxism</h3>
The lecture takes as its starting point Raymond Geuss’s claim that contemporary moral philosophy “has little to tell us about real politics”. According to Geuss this failure stems from the way that the Kantian colouration of most modern normative theory informs a tendency to separate discussions of what ought to be from questions of what is. It is precisely because we live in a world in which ethics has been reduced to an emotivist caricature of itself that Marx was scathing in his criticisms of moral discourse. This has often led commentators to erroneously claim that he had no interest in ethical theory. The opposite is the case. It was because Marx understood the social basis for our emotivist culture that he was able to grasp that competing moral claims would tend towards incommensurability, and thus that moralistic politics would take the form of “impotence in action”. Unfortunately, because Marx’s critics largely naturalise the modern moral point of view they tend to interpret his rejection of the moral form as evidence either of a crude mechanical materialism or of simple incoherence. In contrast to these approaches, this lecture seeks to outline an interpretation of Marxism that is able to point beyond the impasse both of modern moral philosophy and of much of modern radical theory towards an ethically grounded criticism of, and alternative to, capitalism. Blackledge argues that, understood thus, Marxism provides indispensible resources for contemporary political theory (and practice).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-4431697021282871312012-06-04T14:58:00.003+01:002012-06-04T15:23:59.753+01:00Save the NHS - Public Meeting<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr John Lister will be speaking at a meeting organised by Leeds Hospital Alert and Leeds Keep our Health Service Public on Thursday 21 June 2012 from 7pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The meeting will take place at Holy Trinity Church Boar Lane, Leeds, LS1 6HW.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please come and join in the discussion on how we can save the NHS from the attacks of the privateers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For further information e-mail: <a href="mailto:leedshospitalalert@org.uk">leedshospitalalert@org.uk</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Please also find below a link to the petition to Save Airedale Hospital Laundry Service. This in-house service is under threat, and the petition asks the management of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to do everything possible to keep the laundry in-house and its 40+ staff in work. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please also sign the petition here: </span><a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-airedale-hospital-laundry-service"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-airedale-hospital-laundry-service</span></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Please support this petition, sponsored by UNISON, GMB and Keighley TUC, and distribute it to friends, family and colleagues, asking them to also sign.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-8768093233558623622012-05-30T11:35:00.000+01:002012-05-30T11:44:59.472+01:00Eclectica - A gig and social night in support of Positive Action for Refuges and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS)After the Leeds Against the Cuts meeting at 6PM on Thursday 14 June 2012 at Leeds TUC Centre. Please consider attending the gig and social night in support of Positive Action for Refuges and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) below.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #993366; font-family: "Orlando"; font-size: 20pt;">CONTROL THE FULLNESS</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Orlando"; font-size: 20pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Rockwell Extra Bold"; font-size: 20pt;">KOG MOORCROFT</span></div>
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(PAFRAS): HELPING DESITITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH FOOD AND SUPPORT IN WEST
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local communities in Leeds and the surrounding area. (Regd charity
1120950)</span>
<span style="font-family: "Algerian"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-87209502915793405942012-05-30T11:27:00.002+01:002012-05-30T11:28:55.450+01:00Leeds Against the Cuts Public Meeting<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">The next meeting of Leeds Against the Cuts will be at Leeds TUC Centre, 88 North Street, LS2 7PN on Thursday 14 June 2012 starting at 6pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Please come along to share ideas about how we can fight against the coalitions cuts in Leeds.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-47406917503191728272012-05-14T19:21:00.000+01:002012-05-14T19:21:02.378+01:00Public Meeting this Thursday<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px;">The next meeting of Leeds Against the Cuts is this Thursday 17th May at 6 pm @ Leeds TUC, 88 North Street, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">Leeds LS2 7PN</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px;">We will be discussing Mayday, the pension strikes and what we can do next in Leeds as an anti-cuts group linked to the unions and TUC.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 13px;">So please come along and let's put our heads together on how to make the ConDems' summer a hot one!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-45783209808586477962012-05-09T19:20:00.001+01:002012-05-09T19:20:40.816+01:00M10 tomorrow, There's a March as well!<br />
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Tomorrow please assemble at 11:30 to March from outside Leeds Metropolitan University Library to Millennium Square for the Rally</h2>
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<p>Bring your banners and show your support and say to the government 68 is too late.</p>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For More information visit <a href="http://www.leedscommunityorganising.org.uk/">www.leedscommunityorganising.org.uk</a> or e-mail <a href="mailto:leedscommunityorg@gmail.com">leedscommunityorg@gmail.com</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-84899828665611157742012-04-21T21:01:00.000+01:002012-04-21T21:01:52.758+01:00Leeds May Day March Saturday 05 May 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">May Day March & Rally 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Join the May Day March Saturday May 5th. Assemble 11.30 am at Victoria Gardens (outside Leeds Art Gallery). Speakers include John McDonnell MP (t.b.c)</span><br />
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margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;">through </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;">Holbeck & </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;">Beeston on</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;">Sunday 1</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.33pt; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: super;">st</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;"> April between </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;">12 noon</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; 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font-size: 12pt;">sports centre</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> then </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">up to Beeston Hill </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">and left onto </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;">Tempest Road, turning left onto Dewsbury Road,</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> down to the old Library and left onto</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt;"> Hunslet Hall Road and back to the SLSC around 1pm</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">If you can support us, either by running or walking</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> either</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">a section or all of </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">the route, </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">if you would like to carry</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> the torch for a short distance or </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">if you can display</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> posters and flags in support outside your home or shop</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"> along the route</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">, please join us.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">You can also support us by buying a SPLASH! </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">T-</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">shirt to </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">wear on the day</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">, for more information contact</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">SAVE OUR </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">POOL</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-38569048565345074272012-02-16T23:22:00.004+00:002012-02-16T23:42:55.812+00:00Lobby Leeds City Council<h1 style="text-align: center; color: #008000">Wednesday 22nd February, 12p.m.<br />Leeds Civic Hall</h1><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGGLtURT5OW-XzyF9inT9KYrLCmQ4doJ-OPucrZwFbysy7EDj1Ju5T5vofdNf068GZWayM93dnJiWGf9HLnVRfCWl1XZWxBoa90Y6SpPXx8l1bDf2jzzxIg-xZLKdkH3ilM1AGe00RYY4/s1600/leedsCivicHall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGGLtURT5OW-XzyF9inT9KYrLCmQ4doJ-OPucrZwFbysy7EDj1Ju5T5vofdNf068GZWayM93dnJiWGf9HLnVRfCWl1XZWxBoa90Y6SpPXx8l1bDf2jzzxIg-xZLKdkH3ilM1AGe00RYY4/s320/leedsCivicHall.jpg" alt="Leeds Civic Hall" title="Leeds Civic Hall - Copyright DJ_Noddy CC-BY-NC-ND" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709882053277786162" border="0" /></a><br />Labour-controlled Leeds City Council are about to implement £55 million of Tory cuts. This will mean, among other things:<br /><ul><br /><li>400 more job losses</li><br /><li>Council rent rises of 6.8%</li><br /><li>Further cuts to home care</li><br /><li>Increased costs for meals on wheels</li><br /></ul><br />There is an alternative. Come and join the protest.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031132993017201322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-81754015168886993302012-02-16T22:54:00.011+00:002012-02-16T23:44:36.070+00:00Protest against Pickles<h1 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">The Tories are Coming to Leeds</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">February 25th 2012</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Assemble 10:30 a.m., Woodhouse Moor</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">marching to City Square</span><br /></h1><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo8UqTDmWerJYo0rzixabyFw7ZJlcZnR_0zIu0ei7nNt9rdyaoAH0uXjEukqcA4WCAmITNFpKQU5C9Dj8AKFBFLjtFkeIxW_9oLoAui2BHQ33BL0QnSWLLPi6546ShJk3R3p3KqSU1Uqj/s1600/pickles.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo8UqTDmWerJYo0rzixabyFw7ZJlcZnR_0zIu0ei7nNt9rdyaoAH0uXjEukqcA4WCAmITNFpKQU5C9Dj8AKFBFLjtFkeIxW_9oLoAui2BHQ33BL0QnSWLLPi6546ShJk3R3p3KqSU1Uqj/s320/pickles.jpg" alt="Eric Pickles" title="Eric Pickles - copyright Conservative Party CC-BY-NC-ND" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709872855606934866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">The Tory Local Government Conference is being held in Queen's Hotel, and Eric Pickles will be speaking. Join the protest, and help us make a stand against this government's politics of austerity for the poor and handouts for the rich.<br /><br />The protest will be followed by an anti-cuts conference.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >For more info contact Steve on 07900 324479, or Leeds TUC on 0113 234 9920</span><br /></div></div></div>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031132993017201322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-13734155417905140362011-12-17T11:37:00.003+00:002011-12-17T12:03:51.288+00:00Leeds Against the Cuts meetings<div style="text-align: left;">Leeds Against the Cuts will meet each week in January:</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Thursdays at 6:00pm<br />Leeds TUC Centre, 88 North Street</span><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="300" height="300" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=leeds+trades+union+council&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.104954,34.057617&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=trades+union+council&hnear=Leeds,+West+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&t=m&ll=53.802096,-1.536412&spn=0.007603,0.012875&z=15&output=embed&iwloc=near"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=leeds+trades+union+council&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=13.104954,34.057617&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=trades+union+council&hnear=Leeds,+West+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&t=m&ll=53.802096,-1.536412&spn=0.007603,0.012875&z=15" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Everyone welcome - come along, and help us defend our jobs, services and communities against the government's cuts.</div>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031132993017201322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1853609558249722543.post-53043260489954300052011-11-15T22:51:00.003+00:002011-11-15T23:04:45.163+00:00Public Meeing - November 23rd<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Strike to Defend Pensions!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Public meeting</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday 23rd November, 7:30-9:00pm</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Council Chamber, Leeds Civic Hall</span><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Tories and their Lib Dem allies want to make workers pay for the crisis caused by the bankers and the bosses. Our money is funding their profits and their bonuses, and we are being expected to work longer and pay more for less.<br /><br />A cut in pensions is a cut in our wages. We all have the right to a decent retirement. Recent "concessions" from the government have been derisory. We need to take action, and on November 30th we have that opportunity. 2-3 million workers from 29 unions are set to strike, more than at any time since the General Strike of 1926. This is a fight that we cannot afford to lose. Not just for pensions, but to stop the Tory attacks on our services and our jobs.<br /><br />Come along and help build and organise the fight back.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Initiated by UCU and Leeds Against the Cuts</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div>Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031132993017201322noreply@blogger.com0