Essex fire bosses are refusing to talk to the FBU union after it exposed their pay rises and expenses claims.
Supporters of Yunus Bakhsh, the Newcastle nurse who was unlawfully sacked for his union activities, plan to inundate his former employer with protest messages.
Thousands took to the streets of Derby last Saturday to defend jobs at the Bombardier rail manufacturing firm.
The phone hacking scandal continues to engulf the political establishment.
Journalists in South Yorkshire are entering their second week of an indefinite strike against management attacks on their working conditions and jobs.
"For far too long, Rupert Murdoch has pulled the strings of our politicians, police and media.
Some 3,000 BBC workers in the NUJ union are due to walk out again on Monday of next week in their second strike against job losses.
Andy Coulson, the prime minister’s former spin doctor, is being investigated by police for allegedly committing perjury while working for David Cameron in Downing Street.
Phone hacking was not confined to the News of the World but was widespread at other newspapers, including the Daily Mirror.
Private firms are eyeing up care homes owned by Southern Cross, which collapsed in June.
The poorest people in Britain have seen their share of national income shrink by a quarter over the past 30 years, a study shows.
More than 400 people were arrested relating to student protests between November 2010 and January 2011, Metropolitan Police figures reveal.
