The 2024 Leeds trades council (Leeds TUC) sing-along is being held 7pm – 10pm, Saturday 16 November at The Holbeck. Please do come and join in if you can. It’s about socialising and passing on shared struggle and shared history … Read more
The University of Leeds Unite, Unison, and UCU trade union branches express our solidarity with and support of all communities living in fear of targeted violence. We unequivocally condemn the far-right and fascist rallies, lynch mobs, racist, Islamophobic, and anti-immigrant … Read more
We stand in solidarity with Professor Emeritus James Dickins, a dedicated scholar and advocate for Palestinian human rights. The University of Leeds’ recommendation to revoke his emeritus status is unwarranted. Professor Dickins did not encourage any protest at Hillel House … Read more
Dear Vice-Chancellor and University Secretary We are writing with urgency with regards to the safety of the students in the University of Leeds encampment. As you may be aware from social media (https://www.instagram.com/p/C7SC1crsdIM/?igsh=MTl6bHR4ZzVsb3l2cQ==) or from the students themselves, over the … Read more
Dear all, University of Leeds UCU stand in solidarity with the University of Leeds students who have set up an encampment on campus in support of the Palestinian people and to protest the University’s complicity in the Israeli government’s apartheid … Read more
On the 21st November we received the following response from the University secretary and registrar, in response to the letter which branch President Aisha sent on 23rd October. Dear Aisha,I write in response to your email of 23 October 2023 … Read more
The following motion was carried the Emergency General Meeting held on the 12th September 2023. This branch notes This branch believes This branch resolves to Post edited 2 October 2023 to correct the text to the motion as carried by … Read more
There are others too – thank you all – but these are the people who agreed to have their names publically displayed. If you would like to pledge 10% of your wage monthly to support colleagues who are experiencing deductions … Read more
1 May Day Strike fundraiser 7pm Holbeck Working Men’s clubLeeds TUC showing of Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and buffet (suitable for children 11+) A one-man professional theatre production of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, a book that has changed many perspectives and … Read more
International Workers’ Day commemorates the many struggles and celebrates the gains of the labour movement for workers’ rights. Join trade unionists and community groups from across Leeds on Saturday 29 April for a (fairly short) march through Leeds and to … Read more
