PCS activists rallied on Tuesday of last week against the politically motivated sacking of key union officers.
The Tories thought that their "bonfire of the quangos" would be a pushover, and their Public Bodies Bill would have an easy passage through parliament.
The Unite union has called a new strike ballot at British Airways.
Some 50 English Defence League members joined a British National Party (BNP) stall in Barnsley last Saturday.
The FBU firefighters’ union is sounding the alarm about AssetCo—the private company that owns all of London’s fire engines.
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing a candidate in a by‑election in Southwark, south London.
NUT, NASUWT, ATL and Unison union members at Danescourt Primary School in Cardiff struck on Thursday of last week over the suspension of four workers by the school’s headteacher.
Lecturers in further and higher education are holding national strike ballots to defend jobs, pay and pensions.
Specialist teachers in Oldham struck on Tuesday of last week against plans to axe their jobs. The teachers work with children who move to Britain with little or no English.
The campaign to reinstate suspended teacher Sue Caldwell is growing.
Teachers at John Port school in Derbyshire have announced a five-day strike to begin on Tuesday of next week.
NUT members at Wanstead School in Redbridge, north east London, have voted to back action against transforming the school into an academy in an indicative ballot.
