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Workplace news in brief

Strike vote Scotland

Unison members in Scotland are being balloted for strike action over pay. This is after a 1% pay offer was rejected.

Unison has calculated that the value of staff pay has been cut by 10% over the last three years and basic living costs have dramatically risen.

75,000 workers in 32 councils are voting at the moment. The ballot closes on 13 August.

Hospital strike

Pathologists at hospitals in Leeds and Bradford were on strike on 16 July over staff shortages. Management is trying to impose new working patterns which the Unite members feel put staff and patient safety at risk.

They also mean substantial pay cuts for some staff, in some cases as much as £20,000 a year.

Boris bike ballot

Workers in the Serco Barclays cycle hire scheme in London have voted decisively for strike action and action short of a strike.

This is because the company has imposed a 2% pay increase, new shift patterns and other detrimental changes to working conditions.

At the moment the RMT members are operating an overtime ban in an attempt to bring the company to meaningful negotiations.

Portsmouth

Unite members at Portsmouth International Port have voted unanimously for industrial action over plans which could cut their pay by £1,300 a year.

The Port is owned by Portsmouth city council. The management wants to reduce staff costs by 10% by cutting staffing levels.

This will have a big impact on the efficiency of the Port, which provides important revenue for the city council as a whole.

In this issue

Socialist Party news and analysis

'We've had enough' - All strike together!

Urgent - trade unions must build a political voice for the working class

Fire cuts, pay cuts, pension cuts, job cuts

MPs' pay to rise to £74,000...

Another drugs company scam

G4S tagging scandal: another failure of privatisation

Them & Us

International socialist news and analysis

USA: Zimmerman, Trayvon and racism

'Black July' - Sri Lanka 1983 and the beginning of civil war

Socialist Party feature

End violence against women!

Socialist Party review

The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

Socialist Party workplace news

Lecturers in Wales expose working conditions

Victory for teachers at UEL

Equinox workers strike again

Fight Royal Mail privatisation!

Workplace news in brief

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

Greens rejected in Brighton

Bedroom tax non-payment soars in Scotland: Stop evictions

Councils: Don't do the Con-Dems' dirty work!

'Sick Of Your Boss?' week of action reports

Durham Miners' Gala shows mood for new party

Campaigning against anti-LGBT bullying in schools

Lincolnshire - save our libraries

Building the Socialist Party

Readers' comments

Who are the real criminals?

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