Cabin crew at British Airways (BA) will finish their ballot for strikes on Friday of this week. All signs are that the vote will deliver an overwhelming vote for strikes.
Over 1,200 Unite union members will be starting a work to rule and overtime ban at the National Grid.
Some 1,000 marched on Haringey council, stopping traffic on Wood Green High Road, over cuts on Monday.
Up to 500 people marched against the cuts in Portsmouth last Saturday.
Some 342 workers at Burton’s Foods have been told that they will be sacked and the Wirral factory closed.
More than 200 people from the legal and voluntary sectors converged on parliament on Wednesday of last week. Many of them were trade unionists.
The new NHS bill this week will lay the legislative foundations for the privatisation of the NHS.
Michael Lyons has got a fight on his hands—and he intends to win it. He is a 24 year old Navy medic, and a conscientious objector. He believes that the US and British occupation of Afghanistan is based on lies and greed.
Journalists at the BBC Arabic Service began a 48 hour strike on Tuesday.
Hundreds of activists took part in anti-cuts protests across Britain last weekend.
Labour’s resounding victory in last week’s Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election showed the depth of the government’s problems just eight months into its term of office.
Postal services are heading for catastrophe as government plans to hand Royal Mail to a private firm took a step forwards last week.
