Royal Mail workers in Bridgwater, Somerset, went on unofficial strike on Friday against bullying managers.
Police officer Simon Harwood walked free from court today, Thursday, acquitted of the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson.
Disabled workers took to picket lines to fight for their jobs today, Thursday. It was the first of two 24-hour strikes by Remploy workers in the Unite and GMB unions.
Firefighters on strike in Essex marched through the town of Chelmsford on Wednesday together with supporters from up and down the country.
Around 60 lecturers and their supporters protested at the University of East London today (Wednesday) against management plans to restructure the way they work.
Workers at the British Medical Association (BMA) struck today, Wednesday, over pay. Members of the GMB union employed by the doctors’ organisation walked out for 24 hours.
Noel Park Primary School Teachers at Noel Park Primary School walked out on Thursday of last week against plans to turn their school into an academy.
Up to 200 trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners joined a march in Oxford last Saturday. It was called by Oxfordshire NUT and NASUWT unions.
Around 100,000 people attended the Durham Miners’ Gala last Saturday. Some 80 miners’ banners were paraded through the city and about 50 brass bands turned up from ex-mining communities.
Lecturers in the UCU union at Lambeth College struck for an hour on Friday of last week. The action was in response to the college’s lesson observation policy.
NHS bosses in England and Wales plan to slash pay for hundreds of thousands of health workers next year.
