Two students last week lost a High Court case against increased tuition fees in England. Callum Hurley and Katy Moore argued the rise breached human rights and equality laws by discriminating against poor and ethnic minority students.
Around 200 council workers and their supporters lobbied Southampton council’s budget-setting meeting on Wednesday of last week.
Teachers in London sixth form colleges were set to strike and lobby parliament on Thursday of this week.
Governors at a north London primary school say they have been bullied into accepting academy status.
Elections for the UCU national executive committee and national officer positions will end on Thursday of next week. UCU Left is backing Mark Campbell for general secretary.
Balfour Beatty failed to obtain an injunction against the Unite union at the High Court last Thursday.
Some 50 striking workers in the GMB union marched and blockaded the central London headquarters of their employer Carillion today (Tuesday).
David Cameron has got drinkers in his sights. He says minimum prices should be slapped on alcohol—and claims the NHS has to spend billions on treating people who are "irresponsible".
Scottish education union EIS is the latest to announce moves to strike on 28 March.
As part of the campaign, up to 300 construction workers took their fight to the building bosses last Wednesday.
"The pensions dispute is at a pivotal stage. People will be deciding in the next few weeks whether we are seriously going to oppose the government’s austerity or are we going to let them get away with attacking our pensions.
"Lansley said he’s not trying to privatise the NHS. I said to him, ‘Codswallop, don’t lie to me!’
