Dave Ward, CWU union assistant general secretary, last week threatened unofficial action against the government’s plans to privatise Royal Mail.
Some 200 people turned out to protest against the racist Scottish Defence League (SDL) in Dumfries last Saturday.
Over 350 people came to the Nottingham People’s Assembly last Saturday. It was one of the biggest political events in the city for years.
Unite union members from across Britain were set to meet in London on Saturday of this week following the union’s recent general secretary election.
The PCS union conference began this week in Brighton—where a bin workers’ strike and occupation left rubbish uncollected for two days earlier this month.
Teachers rallied in Newcastle and Cardiff last Saturday as part of a campaign to defend their pay, pensions and conditions.
Teachers at Copland Community School in Wembley, north west London, were set to strike on Thursday of this week.
Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove had a rough time last week.
Some 40 teachers from a couple of dozen NUT union branches met for the steering committee of Lanac in Birmingham last Saturday.
Hundreds of disabled trade unionists were set to meet for the TUC disabled workers’ conference in London on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Some 200 demonstrators took to the streets in Portsmouth last Saturday, banging cooking pots to protest against austerity.
Workers in the Unison, Unite and GMB unions were set to protest at South Gloucestershire council on Wednesday of this week.
