Members of the University and College Union (UCU), which represents lecturers and teaching staff in Higher Education, have voted in favour of strike action over jobs, pay and pensions.
Workers, students, community campaigners, the unemployed and pensioners will take to the streets of Manchester this Saturday to protest against cuts to services that the council is set to decide on next week.
Over three hundred parents and their children rallied outside Manchester’s town hall last Saturday as part of the campaign to defend Sure Start from cuts, fee hikes and privatisation.
Community campaigners scored a huge victory in the battle against the closure of Levenshulme Baths today as councillors ordered a report looking at a continued future for the centre. The decision comes on the back of a mass campaign – started only three weeks ago – which garnered support from thousands of people in the […]
Trafford Magistrates Court yesterday delivered a guilty verdict against protestors who forced Manchester Airport to temporarily close last year as part of a protest against airport expansion and aviation emissions. The judge told the court that the trial “should not be a debate about climate change.”
The fight to defend Levenshulme’s public baths took a step forward at the weekend with the creation of the ‘Save Our Baths’ campaign at an open public meeting.
Yesterday saw the opening of a trial of six climate activists for their part in an action which temporarily closed Manchester Airport last May. The group are all pleading not guilty. On the opening day of the trial at Trafford Magistrates the court heard from two expert witnesses who spoke of the imminent dangers of […]
