May Day Rally

2pm, Monday 2nd May

 
Bexley Square, Salford

May Day has been celebrated internationally by working people for over a hundred years. It is the day we celebrate the victories of the past and look forward to the challenges and opportunities of the future. Salford is currently facing massive cuts in jobs and services and the impact of these cuts will be devastating for our city. We want to mark this year's May Day - this year being the 80th Anniversary of "The Battle of Bexley Square" - with a rally to bring together Salfordians, to celebrate our city and our heritage and to stand resolutely against cuts to our jobs, services and communities.

Campaign Stalls and Union Banners Welcome

 For more info please phone Steve North, Secretary on 07817434240 or email salfordagainstcuts@gmail.com.

 

Read Edmund and Ruth Frow's account of the National Unemployed Workers Movement's activities in Salford, its demonstration in 1931 against cuts in the dole, the subsequent battle with the police and aftermath.

Broughton Against the Cuts

Says

“Save Broughton Rec Centre”

KEEP SALFORD A FIT CITY!

Thursday 14th April, 6:30pm outside Broughton Rec, Camp Street, Broughton, Salford
 For more info please contact Paul Costello on 07787154131 or Steven North on 07817434240

Newsletter April 2011 (No. 0)

This is the first issue of a regular newsletter from Salford Against the Cuts. It was produced as a trial run, but the meeting on Monday night felt it would be useful to make it available. Please print out as many copies as you like to distribute to friends, at work, church or in the pub. If you click on each page you should then be able to print from your browser; right-click to save a copy.

The next issue will be printed in a reasonable quantity on 9th May for our next Organising meeting. You can get copies of it from us at the meeting or print it off from this website again. If you would like to submit anything for inclusion please send it to us at salfordagainstcuts@gmail.com or Salford Against the Cuts, c/o Salford Unemployed Centre, Liverpool Road, Eccles.

 

Save Broughton Rec Demo

Please check out this link to the Salford Star article on the Demo, Broughton Against the Cuts held last Thursday.
Thank you to everybody who came along and especially those who helped to build the Demo.
...And thanks as always to the Salford Star for the coverage.

http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=926

Salford Against the Cuts takes the fight to London

(Salford Against the Cuts supporters preparing to be picked up for London yesterday)

Nearly 40 SAC supporters were outside the Precinct yesterday morning at 6am ready to set-off for a long day in London. We had more people who support the campaign going on theri own union transport. Everybody agreed that it was a great day and we were all proud to be part of the half a million that stood up to defy this Government's attacks on communities, jobs and services.

Our next SAC meeting will be at Patricroft Working Men's Club at 7pm on Monday 4th April. Come down and help us plan how we take SAC forward after yesterday. In the meantime, don't forget to head down to Broughton Rec on Thursday for 5:30pm for the Broughton Against the Cuts protest against its closure.

Save Broughton Rec - Keep Salford a Fit City

Broughton Against the Cuts

Says

“Save Broughton Rec Centre”

KEEP SALFORD A FIT CITY!

Thursday 31st March, 5:30pm outside Broughton Rec, Camp Street, Broughton, Salford

Support the University and College Union (UCU)

Salford Against the Cuts is supporting the action being taken by UCU members this week. We agree with the UCU that attacks on their members are linked to the Government's wider attacks on higher education and we encourage all those opposed to cuts in Salford to head down to the picket lines from 7am on Thursday. The picket lines are at Crescent House, Maxwell Building, Peel Buolding, Clifford Whitworth Building and Faraday Building. The pickets will be glad to see you!

Below is a report of today's action from UCU member and SAC activist Bob Jeffery

Salford Uni Against Cuts were pleased to see so many people out in support of the UCU stike and pickets today (Tuesday 22nd of March). In addition to UCU lecturing staff and postgraduate UCU members, a number of students turned out to show their support (and this follows a poll by the University of Salford Student's Union
showing that 61% of those who voted backed the strike action being undertaken by their teachers). In addition to official UCU pickets outside all major teaching and administrative buildings, a lively demonstration was held outside of the University House. Leaflets were distributed and many pledges of support were given by passing staff, students and local Salford residents. Like many of those teaching at Salford, I am not a full-time contracted member of staff, but rather a casual worker who is paid on an hourly basis. Nevertheless, I have fully supported the strike action led by my union both because I believe that the attack on pay and conditions of academic staff is just one move by a government that seems intent on making ordinary working people pay for the mistakes of the super-wealthy (and this needs to be resisted on all fronts), but also because I believe such moves are part of a wider campaign targeted against higher education (as a public service) in the UK aimed at demoralising and marginalising those who actually deliver the courses, while concentrating power and privileges in the hands of small number of undemocratically appointed managers. Members of Salford Uni Against Cuts oppose these measures as much as we oppose the increase in tuition fees and scrapping of EMA and as much as we oppose the punitive and disproportionate cuts being forced upon our communities in Salford and elsewhere in Greater Manchester. We hope that as many people can join us on Thursday the 24th March for the second day of strike action.

Best wishes,

Bob