LEICESTER: RACIS THE CRISIS | IMGpapers 1980

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Despite But Leicester is hardly solidly Party. dustries.

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Group. of skilled and unskilled jobs, rarely affected by recessions and slumps. This prosperity, combined with the small size of the factories, has led to a fairly unorganised and weak trade union movement this, all three Leicester constituencies returned Labour MPs in the last election.

recently it boasted one of the largest branches of the National Front. The splits inside the NF have reduced its level of activity, and the local branch is now split between the NF and the New Democratic The availability of jobs in Leicester has attracted a large number of West Indian and Asian workers to the city, who are mainly settled in the Highfields and Belgrave areas of the city. These workers are mainly concentrated in unskilled jobs, with Asians especially working in the hosiery and knitwear inFor the first time Leicester is now experiencing increasing unemployment problems as the recession hits particularly at the hosiery and knitwear inThis dossier on the situation has been prepared by the Leicester branch of the International Marxist Labour. Until Police turn dogs on anti-nazi demonstrators in Leicester, April 21 1979