Electricians marched to sites across central London today, Wednesday, in their protest against bosses’ plans to tear up their terms and conditions.
Headteachers in the NAHT union have voted overwhelmingly for strikes over pensions. It’s the first vote for strikes in the union’s 114-year history.
Thousands of students are demonstrating in central London today, Wednesday, to protest against government attacks on education.
More than 700 electricians and their supporters repeatedly broke through police lines to march through the city of London today, Wednesday.
Ever since the first trade unions were set up, workers have argued over what to do about their leaders.
Over 2,000 people marched from Occupy London’s St Paul’s Cathedral camp to Parliament Square last Saturday. It was part of a day of action to spread the occupation’s message to the public. The City of London and the cathedral now say they will not move protesters until after Christmas.
The city of Oakland in northern California, home of the fifth largest port in the US, saw incredible scenes on Wednesday evening last week. More than 15,000 people descended on the port to shut it down as part of the first strike to be called by the Occupy movement.
There are now at least 15 occupations underway across Britain—in Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Isle of Wight, London Stock Exchange, London Finsbury Square, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth and Sheffield.
Over 800 delegates have now signed up for the Unite the Resistance national convention due to be held in London on 19 November. It aims to build support for the 30 November public sector strikes.
A magnificent strike by NUT union members closed Langdon School in Newham, east London, for two days last week.
The threat of a five-day strike at Barnsley College forced a sudden change of heart from college management last week.
Birmingham Student activists occupied Birmingham university’s Corporate Conference Centre on Wednesday of last week.
