Driving examiners and administration workers in the Driving Standards Agency have voted for strikes over job losses and closures.
PCS union members at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) were to begin a strike ballot this week against plans to cut jobs by over half, close regional offices and outsource key services.
Anti-nuclear protesters gathered outside Downing Street last Sunday. They called on the government to abandon plans to build new nuclear plants and close existing ones.
Teachers at a high school in Powys, Wales, are striking against compulsory redundancies. The NASUWT union members at Brecon High School struck on Thursday of last week.
Teachers at Tile Hill Wood School and Language College in Coventry struck on Tuesday of this week against plans to turn their school into an academy.
Suspended teacher Sue Caldwell was still awaiting her disciplinary hearing this week and the results of a solidarity ballot.
Activists in the Abortion Rights campaign met on Saturday for their annual general meeting. Kay Carberry, TUC assistant general secretary, spoke about the importance of trade unionists taking up the issue of a woman’s right to choose.
Management at the Initial cleaning company have suspended RMT union rep Clara Osagiede following an incident with a manager.
More than 200 people marched through Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis last Saturday against the closure of the island’s coastguard.
Connexions careers advice workers across north west England protested against cuts to their service on Wednesday of last week.
Postal workers took to the streets of Brighton to protest against privatisation last Saturday.
Workers at the Glasgow Asylum Support Project are continuing their battle against privatisation that will affect the lives of hundreds of asylum seekers.
