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25 November 2020
Little Ilford school strike stands firm - council must use reserves!
"I am the least rebellious person I know. I get to school at 6.30! But I have participated in this strike, and I will continue to participate in this strike... The kids will miss out on a whole lot more
25 November 2020
Heathrow workers to strike against 'fire and rehire' plans
Workers at Heathrow Airport are to take strike action for four days in December against the bosses' "fire and rehire" plans, cutting pay in the process.
18 November 2020
Optare: Right to strike defended
Unite members at Optare in Yorkshire returned to the picket lines on 16 November for the first day of their now escalated four-days-a-week strike at the bus manufacturers.
18 November 2020
Overcrowded Little Ilford School strikes against more expansion
A huge picket line, 50 strong, launched the strike against forced expansion of Little Ilford School on Thursday 12 November.
18 November 2020
Strike action ballot at UEL over job cuts
The University and College Union (UCU) has warned the University of East London (UEL) of potential industrial action over the university's decision to push ahead with compulsory job cuts.
18 November 2020
Hackney council parking services brought in-house
Hackney Council has been forced to bring its parking wardens in-house, ending a 16-year arrangement with private company APCOA, following a campaign and strike action by the workers, members' of union Unite.
11 November 2020
Lancashire workers' strike shows the way to fight aerospace cuts and job losses
Rolls-Royce workers in Barnoldswick launched strike action to save jobs and stop closure
4 November 2020
Birmingham NHS porters' 48-hour strike against shift changes
Porters at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham struck for 48 hours on 30-31 October, in opposition to enforced shift changes where trust bosses want 'flexible working' at the expense of workers' pay, health and work/life balance.
4 November 2020
Optare strikers escalate their action
At a meeting held on the picket line on 30 October, workers at bus manufacturer Optare in Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds voted to escalate their ongoing strike action in their long-running pay dispute from two days a week, to four days a week, starting from 16 November.
28 October 2020
Books that inspired me: Germinal
I sold the Militant newspaper at the entrance to Snowdown pit in Kent throughout the 1984-85 miners' strike, and until the pit's closure in 1987.
28 October 2020
UCU members vote to strike to defend jobs: University and College Union (UCU) members at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have voted in favour of strike action to protect 130 jobs currently under threat
21 October 2020
Optare workers strike over pay broken 'promise'
Unite members at bus manufacturer Optare, in Sherburn in Elmet, on the outskirts of Leeds, took the first strike in a series of discontinuous 48-hour strikes starting on 15 October, alongside a continuous overtime ban.
21 October 2020
Solidarity with Deliveroo Couriers in York
As members of the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB), Deliveroo couriers in York are the latest to join the ongoing struggle in the gig economy to be classed as workers and receive workers' benefits, such as holiday pay, sick pay and their rights to a living wage.
7 October 2020
Germany: "Heroes" strike to demand a pay rise
Public sector workers in Germany's hospitals, kindergartens, civil service, refuse operations, as well as public transport workers, have started 'warning strikes' in support of their wage demands.
7 October 2020
After 42 days of industrial action by members of the PCS union against redundancies at the Tate gallery in London, the strike has been suspended.
7 October 2020
Deliveroo riders in York have demonstrated outside restaurants to protest pay rates.
30 September 2020
Peterborough CWU have massively voted for strike action
Postal workers in Peterborough have voted by 87.8% for strike action to win the reinstatement of a sacked colleague.
23 September 2020
Thailand: Youth rising against hated junta
Protest leaders call for general strike on 14 October: Since the beginning of this year, Thailand has witnessed the rising up of young people and students, who have launched massive pro-democracy protests in several major cities, colleges, and universities.
16 September 2020
Tate workers on indefinite strike hold march and rally
PCS union members marched alongside other arts and culture workers against job losses in the sector
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