Lecturers at Stirling University struck on Tuesday of this week in a battle to save jobs.
Left wing candidates did well at this year’s NUS student conference.
elections for the national executive of Unite, Britain’s biggest union, saw the United Left (UL) group make major gains.
Around 80 protesters marched into Hull Guildhall and invaded the council chamber on Thursday of last week. The protesters then debated alternatives to the cuts.
Voting continues in the elections for the national executive of the Unison union.
NHS campaigners across London are in a buoyant mood as they prepare for a major demonstration in May against the government’s health service "reforms".
Activists in Scotland continue to push for votes against the cuts ahead of next Thursday’s elections for the Scottish parliament.
A doctor who runs a sparsely-supported campaign in support of the government’s health "reforms" has been revealed as a leading Tory—and the head of a body that expects to profit from the changes.
Trade unionists in Lancashire have given their backing to independent socialist councillor Michael Lavalette, who is standing for re-election in Preston’s town centre ward.
Delegates at NUT conference voted unanimously to fight plans to turn schools into academies and free schools. The debate showed the understanding among teachers that these schools are about turning schools into businesses – and the widespread determination to resist.
The Blair Peach award was given out for the first time at this year’s NUT conference. Fittingly, the award was made on the 32nd anniversary of Blair’s death, on Saturday 23 April.
Teachers crammed into an Education for Liberation fringe meeting organised by the Socialist Teachers Alliance on Saturday.
