RBS banker Stephen Hester took home a £7.7million pay package last week—even though the bank has cut more than 9,000 jobs.
A judge at an employment tribunal this week ordered the reinstatement of Yunus Bakhsh, the high profile nurse and activist who was sacked illegally for his trade union activities.
Hundreds of council workers in Dundee walked out unofficially today when their management reneged on a temporary worker agreement. The workers include the council’s joiners, painters, plumbers, scaffolders and others who carry out essential work in the city.
A strike by tens of thousands of government workers has paralysed Botswana in southern Africa since Monday.
Journalists at the North London & Herts Newspapers took their message to the streets in their first week of strikes, which began on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people from across the Midlands are set to join with trade unionists on Saturday of next week as part of a fight for jobs in Stoke on Trent.
Trade unions on London Underground are furious with management’s planned pay deal. The right wing media has produced shrieks of outrage at this, but the unions are entirely in the right.
Six Zimbawean activists are continuing to campaign against treason charges following their arrest at a meeting where they showed a video about the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.
Hundreds protested against cuts to Connexions careers advice services in Hull last Saturday.
Protesters have held a "swim-in" to save Rhodesway Pool in Allerton, Bradford.
Staff and students at Villiers High school in Southall, west London ended last term on a high.
Teachers at a Warwickshire school have voted for strikes to defend sacked teacher Tony Souter in an indicative ballot.
