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22 May 2013
POA conference - Prisons should not be run for profit
In May the prison officers' union POA met for their national conference in Southport. POA is increasingly at the centre of the battle against austerity
Unison staff at Pinderfields hospital strike, photo Iain Dalton
22 May 2013
Support for Mid Yorkshire Health struggle in the Mirror
On 17 May, the Daily Mirror carried an excellent column by Paul Routledge about the important struggle taking place in Mid Yorkshire Health Trust.
21 May 2013
PCS plans further strikes against cuts
The PCS union's annual conference has agreed to step up opposition to cuts to pay, pensions, jobs and working conditions
15 May 2013
Gloves off in Mid Yorks hospital battle
As the government continues to dismantle and privatise the NHS, workers' pay and conditions are under constant threat
Unison staff at Pinderfields hospital strike, photo Iain Dalton
15 May 2013
Trade union-led national action on NHS needed now: The chair of the NHS regulator has warned that pressure on A&E units is "out of control... [and] totally unsustainable"
PCS strike on budget day, 20 March 2013 with NSSN 24 hour general strike placard , photo by Paul Mattsson
15 May 2013
Campaigning works - Action gets results: The re-election of the Democracy Alliance national executive committee is a real blow to the government's attempt to break PCS members' resolve, writes John McInally
15 May 2013
Fighting blacklisting: Workers in GMB and Unite at Runcorn Thermal Power Station walked out unofficially on 13 May to support laggers...
15 May 2013
Striking back at greedy bosses: One hundred years ago, mill workers in Yeadon and Guiseley, West Yorkshire, took heroic strike action over pay and working hours, writes Iain Dalton, Yorkshire Socialist Party.
13 May 2013
Parliament's security staff striking tomorrow
Up to 300 security staff at the Houses of Parliament in the PCS union will strike on 14 May over imposed shift patterns...
8 May 2013
If you attended this year's shopworkers' union annual delegate meeting you would have been forgiven for thinking you had walked into a Labour rally
8 May 2013
CWU supports 24-hour general strike
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference on 21 and 22 April was held against the backdrop of the constant threat of wholesale postal privatisation and unprecedented attacks, union busting and sackings of CWU members across Royal Mail, BT and the communications industry
8 May 2013
Airport strike: Cleaners at Manchester Airport took solid strike action on 3 May against a drastic worsening of their conditions...
8 May 2013
DWP contact centre workers strike to support PCS rep
Over 200 PCS members in the Sheffield DWP contact centre took a day of strike action to support unfairly sacked union rep Lee Rock
7 May 2013
North-West construction trade unionists organise
About 40 trade unionists in the construction industry came to a north-west 'rank and file' meeting in Warrington
1 May 2013
On 3 May, after nearly six years of a tortuous fight with the Unison bureaucracy, an employment tribunal remedy hearing is to be held...
1 May 2013
Swansea RMT: Train managers working for First Great Western were on strike on 26 April over the sacking of a guard...
24 April 2013
TUC: Set the date for a 24-hour general strike!
Up to 200 trade unionists, workers and campaigners lobbied the TUC general council this morning, 24th April
24 April 2013
Scottish TUC supports 24-hour general strike against austerity
The Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) has passed a motion in support of a one-day general strike in Scotland in response to the savage austerity being carried out by the Con-Dem government, writes Philip Stott.
Len McCluskey of Unite speaking at the 20 October 2012 TUC demo against austerity , photo by Paul Mattsson
24 April 2013
Unite - build a fighting union
The victory of Len McCluskey in the Unite general secretary election with 64.4% of the vote against fellow left-winger Jerry Hicks will be seen by the union's membership as ratifying the general direction of Unite since Len first took the position in 2011, writes Kevin Parslow, Unite London and Eastern regional committee, personal capacity.
24 April 2013
Crossrail: The battle against blacklisting in the construction industry is continuing with high-profile protests in the last few days...
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