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20 May 2013
Sacked Tesco drivers on the march again
Around 100 of the Tesco drivers sacked earlier this year and their families marched through Doncaster
3 April 2013
Thera East Midlands: Joe Warner, the (now former) managing director of Thera East Midlands has resigned. Unison members who are in dispute with the company had been wondering where he was!
7 March 2013
Capenhurst victory: Construction workers on the Capenhurst construction site near Chester have fought off attempts to abandon the NAECI national agreement on terms and conditions...
The 2008 Shell oil tanker drivers' strike was successful, photo Bob Severn
26 February 2013
Oil tanker drivers show their industrial strength
BP tanker drivers at the Grangemouth oil refinery came out on a 72-hour strike
9 January 2013
In less than four weeks, over 150 drivers at a Sainsbury's depot have chosen to cancel their membership with Usdaw and transfer to Unite
14 December 2012
Doncaster drivers give Tesco & Stobarts a bloody nose
From the National Shop Stewards Network website, www.shopstewards.net...
Striking Tesco drivers on the picket line , photo A Tice
11 December 2012
Tesco drivers successfully blockade distribution centre
With confidence high after Saturday's march and picket, Doncaster Tesco drivers upped the anti on Monday in their dispute with Tesco/Stobarts, writes Alistair Tice.
Striking Tesco drivers on the picket line , photo by A Tice
6 December 2012
Doncaster Tesco drivers on indefinite strike - photo
See article: www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/15804/05-12-2012/nothing-to-lose-tesco-drivers-vote-for-indefinite-strike, writes Please send messages of support to Unite shop steward Trevor Cheetham: lynncheetham@yahoo.co.uk.
5 December 2012
Nothing to lose - Tesco drivers vote for indefinite strike
180 Tesco drivers, members of Unite the union, at the supermarket giant's distribution hub in Doncaster have announced an indefinite strike from 7 December
10 November 2012
Doncaster drivers go to war with Tesco
I've never been on a picket line like it! An armoured personnel carrier and a farmer's muckspreader blocked the gates to the depot
7 November 2012
Black cabs: Workers at Coventry black cab maker LTI, staged a sit-in on 31 October before entering talks with administrators, PWC...
31 October 2012
Scores of trains cancelled in west midlands
Kick the fat cats off our railways: If ever an example is needed which demonstrates how privatisation of key public services leads to job cuts, higher prices and a worse service, look no further than the rail network
17 October 2012
Bus drivers: We need shorter hours!
As a new driver I remember being asked by the man behind the counter: "Are you resting tomorrow?" I answered "Yes", writes Barry Andrews, London bus driver.
17 October 2012
Living wage now!: Transport union RMT is campaigning for London Mayor Boris Johnson to increase the London living wage to £10 an hour, benefiting cleaners and other low-paid workers...
10 October 2012
Tesco drivers strike in Doncaster against shameful treatment
Tesco drivers in Doncaster have been given three months notice by their new employer ESL, with no promise that they will be re-employed
10 October 2012
Lorry drivers' strike: Workers at the Tesco distribution centre in Doncaster are on a 48-hour strike from 9 October. The workers were transferred to Eddie Stobart Ltd (ESL) in August and then on 5 September they were issued...
Bus workers protest in July 2008, photo Paul Mattsson
4 October 2012
South Wales bus workers receive strong support for strike
Monday 1st October saw bus drivers and engineers in South Wales take strike action over pay despite their union recommending they refrain from doing so
3 August 2012
Winchester bus drivers are staging two days of industrial action on successive Saturdays in a dispute over pay...
Hackney bus workers stopped the busses on the 22 June 2012 London-wide bus strike , photo Paul Mattsson
4 July 2012
London buses: "This is why we're in the union"
London bus workers have shown how determined they are to win their dispute. But as we go to press bus operating companies are still refusing to pay London bus workers a £500 bonus for working during the...
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