Teachers strike to defend student safety Teachers at St Aloysius comprehensive school in Islington, north London, were set to begin a two-day strike on Wednesday of this week.
Around 1,200 workers at Heinz’s Kitt Green site, in Wigan, Lancashire, are voting on strikes over pay.
Referees in Scotland have voted to go on strike this weekend after reaching breaking point over the barrage of criticism they have faced this season.
Around 350 postal workers packed into a union mass meeting on Sunday of last week to oppose the closure of the East London mail centre.
Rail workers at a First Great Western depot in Cornwall were to strike on Wednesday against the unfair dismissal of colleague Kane Jones.
Some 250 workers at the Astra Zeneca pharmaceutical firm in Macclesfield, Cheshire, are set to continue with strikes after talks between bosses and the GMB union broke down.
A talk by the Marxist geographer and political economist David Harvey at London’s Queen Mary University last week highlighted the growing audience for left-wing ideas.
Around 60 activists met last Saturday in Cambridge to discuss building the anti-cuts movement.
In defence of the FBU Your coverage of the London firefighters’ dispute has angered FBU activists.
A fourth 24-hour strike by tube workers fighting for jobs and safety is set to bring London Underground to a halt from 6.30pm on Sunday.
Students across Britain are in revolt—and the government should be worried.
Anti-fascists in Preston will hold a counter-protest when the racist English Defence League (EDL) plans to march in the city this Saturday.
