Workers walked out today in general strikes across Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece as well as parts of Belgium.
Over 300 people protested outside the European Commission in London this evening in solidarity with the strikes across Europe.
Around 800 people turned out for a public meeting in Lewisham hospital on Thursday of last week as the campaign against closures there gets off the ground.
The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) debated what Labour councillors should do about the cuts at its annual conference last Saturday.
The retrial of student protesters Alfie Meadows and Zac King is underway at Woolwich Crown Court. They stand accused of violent disorder during a student protest on 9 December 2010.
The inquiry into the police shooting of Azelle Rodney is due to finish hearing evidence this week.
A packed branch meeting of the UCU union at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) voted unanimously to ballot for strikes against the victimisation of union officers last week.
Voters were set to go to the polls this week in the Manchester Central by-election and the election for Bristol mayor. The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing candidates in both.
Union leaders agreed to recommend a fundamental attack on health workers’ pay on Friday of last week.
Bin workers in Bromley, south east London, opened an official strike ballot on Monday of this week following an unofficial walkout last month.
The CWU union is holding briefings of workplace reps across Britain this week as the start of a fresh campaign against privatisation and liberalisation.
Workers in the Unite union lobbied parliament on Monday of this week as the government ended its consultation into scrapping the Agricultural Wages Board.
