Over 150 people joined a lively lobby of Barnet council in north London on Tuesday of last week.
Disabled activists and their allies have launched Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) to fight the Tories’ austerity plans. It was formed after the protest at the Tory conference in Birmingham—which was led by disabled people.
Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in seven offices run by Jobcentre Plus are being balloted for strikes against management’s decision to convert their offices into contact centres.
The fight to save hundreds of jobs at Newport passport office and passport interview centres around the country is continuing.
Journalists at Newsquest Southampton started a 48-hour strike against a pay freeze on Tuesday. The NUJ members at the firm, which publishes Southampton’s Daily Echo, organised a protest at a press event in the town.
Teachers in the NUT union are joining parents and school students to fight plans to close a primary school in Islington, north London, by holding a public meeting this week.
Around 70 NUT union members attended the union’s LGBT conference on Saturday of last week.
Left wing activists in the Unison union were set to meet this Saturday to discuss fighting the Tory cuts.
The GMB union has suspended its strikes at Astra Zeneca in Macclesfield, Cheshire, after bosses agreed to talks.
Over 70 people came to a public meeting in Manchester to discuss how black communities will be affected by the spending review.
More than 800 DHL workers based at Jaguar Land Rover are to strike on Monday of next week.
The Tories have launched a brutal attack on unemployed people to deflect criticism from the real scroungers—the rich.
