More than 2,000 people marched on parliament last Saturday to highlight how government cuts are impacting on women.
Protests on construction sites across Britain turned into mass stay-aways last week. Groups of other construction workers have united with electricians to walk off the job.
Teachers at an academy school in Salford struck on Tuesday of this week against job cuts.
Teachers at Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley, Leeds, began a three-day strike on Tuesday of this week.
Members of the Unison union at Stow College in Glasgow voted last week to accept a revised pay offer from management.
Nut union members at Langdon School in Newham, east London, were set to strike on Thursday of this week.
The racist English Defence League (EDL) has announced a tie-up with the British Freedom Party (BFP), which emerged from a splinter group of the fascist British National Party last year.
Firefighters in London start an overtime ban on Friday. The FBU union members are fighting a raft of attacks, with all sorts of policies being imposed.
Workers in the Unite union at defence electronics company Selex Galileo have begun a national ballot for industrial action over pay.
Ground staff at Liverpool John Lennon Airport are to stage a series of two-hour strikes.
Workers in the Unison, Unite and Ucatt unions have voted to reject Southampton City Council’s latest proposal for pay cuts.
Workers at the National Gallery in London have voted to support a strike against cuts to security at the gallery in an indicative ballot.
