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6 November 2019
UCU votes for pay and pension strikes
The University and College Union (UCU) has decisively voted to back strike action in two separate ballots over pensions, pay and conditions in higher education.
6 November 2019
"This is going to be the biggest battle we've seen in Britain for a number of years"
says CWU branch secretary Gary Clark
6 November 2019
West Midlands Trains guards to strike
89% of senior conductors (guards) have voted for strike action over West Midlands Trains plans to downgrade the role and remove key safety responsibilities.
6 November 2019
Forbo Flooring Derbyshire strike
The strike at Forbo Flooring UK in Ripley Derbyshire has entered its third week.
6 November 2019
£1 million cuts plan: Peabody housing workers announce strike ballot
Peabody housing plan £1 million of cuts to housing management budgets by March 2020, with potentially devastating consequences to residents and workers. Unite members have voted overwhelmingly to start a formal strike ballot.
6 November 2019
Double-dealing Hackney council bosses face renewed strike action
Hackney council bosses have reneged on an agreement with drivers and passenger escorts, members of the Unite union, on school buses for disabled children
30 October 2019
London - 'autumn of discontent'
Independent union United Voices of the World (UVW) has launched an 'autumn of discontent' with strikes by outsourced, low-paid, mainly migrant workers.
30 October 2019
Uni workers' pay and pension strike ballot
We are waiting for the result of the University and College Union (UCU) strike ballot. The union is asking its members in universities two questions. Will you strike for your pay? Will you strike for your pension?
23 October 2019
CWU vote for strike action will boost workers' confidence to fight back
The 97% vote in Royal Mail must be a watershed moment for the trade union movement
23 October 2019
NEU members strike against sixth-form funding cuts
"The funding for school kids has been cut catastrophically, but the cuts for students aged 16-18 have been even worse," said Alan Clifford, National Education Union (NEU) teachers' rep at Notre Dame Sixth Form College, to Socialist Party members visiting their picket line.
16 October 2019
Massive vote for strike action: - "We're out to win!"
There was a deafening roar of approval at a CWU meeting when a 97.1% vote for strike action was announced
16 October 2019
Hackney SEND transport workers achieve victory
Drivers and passenger assistants employed by Hackney Council in the Special Education Needs Service have won an outstanding victory following strike action in support of a pay claim.
15 October 2019
Flooring workers strike, Derbyshire
More than 70 production workers at Forbo Flooring UK in Ripley, Derbyshire began a series of 48-hour strikes on Tuesday 15 October
9 October 2019
BEIS: Outsourced caterers' indefinite strike victory
More than nine months of action, including three months on indefinite strike, have paid off
9 October 2019
Film review: Joker - Sympathising with a monster created by today's incendiary conditions
The most striking thing about this film is how gritty and believable it is. Based on the origin story of one of the most iconic comic book villains of all time, and situated in Gotham City, a carbon copy of New York City, this film is set in the 80s.
9 October 2019
Vote yes to Royal Mail strike action to take on the bullying bosses
On 15 October the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will announce the ballot result for industrial action over management plans to end Royal Mail group as a real public service.
9 October 2019
Sainsbury's workers who took two 24-hour strikes at Waltham Point distribution centre have forced the bosses to concede on the main issue of the dispute - a massive reduction in sickness pay from 26 weeks to just two
9 October 2019
Lincolnshire health visitors strike
Lincolnshire health visitors are being balloted for further strike action with the county council trying to 'divide and rule' over future job roles
2 October 2019
Bromley libraries strikers proved right
Unite union members employed by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) in Bromley, south London, have been on indefinite strike since 6 June, in defence of the library service.
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