System developers and analysts working on a Capita account for IT services company Steria UK struck over pay on Friday 16 December.
New Year cheer is in short supply judging by the latest statements from European leaders. Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy and Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano all began the year by warning of more pain to come.
Teachers, parents, students and campaigners are fighting the forced imposition of academy schools in Haringey, north London.
The NUT union will begin strike ballots of its members in sixth form colleges over pay and conditions on 16 January.
UCU union members face battles over pensions, pay, jobs and privatisation.
Workers have been occupying a foam packaging factory in Cork, Ireland, for three weeks.
More than 30 young people marched on North Somerset Council’s town hall on Monday 19 December to save their youth centres.
Newham Council has now partially closed the Atherton Leisure Centre in Stratford, east London, as a prelude to shutting it entirely.
"What a day! 30 November was an incredible success, one of the proudest moments of my career."
Workers and some union leaders have spoken out against the government’s latest pensions offer.
The Unison and GMB unions have signed up to a "heads of agreement" in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Some 70,000 children in England woke up in temporary accommodation on New Year’s Day, according to the charity Shelter.
