Announcing the leafleting of Leeds train station as the start of a new train fare reduction campaign 4.30pm, January 5th, Leeds train station.
The start of the New Year will be greeted by huge price rises in train fares of between 6 and 12%. This at a time when falling inflation and oil prices have reduced train company running costs but the global economic crisis has made it much harder for passengers to pay. There couldn’t be a worse, more unfair time for fare rises.
The huge crisis of climate change means we need to make public transport far cheaper and accessible not more expensive. These price rises are insane and we’re not going to take it any more.
As the start of campaign to reduce public transport fares we are leafleting the rush hour crowds on January 5th, the first Monday back at work after the New Year. The leaflets will make it clear that if the train companies don’t reduce their fares we will do it for them through a campaign of mass refusal to pay the new fares.
We will be meeting 4pm at the Common Place (www.thecommonplace.org.uk) and then begin leafleting the train station at 4.30pm. We want as many people as possible to turn up for the leafleting and make a real statement of intent, so please advertise this as widely as possible. The massive bailouts of the banks show that these are exceptional times; well if they are exceptional for them they should be exceptional for us. We need to take exceptional action or we will be left holding the can. We won’t pay for their crisis.
The next meeting of the “We won’t pay for your crisis” group will be Wednesday 7th January 8pm at the Common Place. All welcome. In Feb we will be hosting a talk about the recent resistance in Greece,along with a benefit gig to raise money for those imprisoned during this period. We won’t pay!
