Bin workers in Sandwell, West Midlands, were set to start their ballot for strikes this week. The 100 workers, of the GMB and Unite unions, are angry over council "single status" plans that would mean pay cuts of up to £2,900 each.
The Unite union has won recognition at outsourcing company Capita’s site in Craigforth, Stirling.
Catering workers on rigs in the North Sea have rejected a pay offer and paid leave proposals.
Employees at plastic film factory DuPont Teijin Films in Dumfries, south west Scotland, have voted for industrial action.
Workers at bathroom company Kohler Mira in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, struck for a second day on Wednesday of last week.
Manchester Right to Work supporters in Manchester joined Labour Party campaigners to lobby the Lib Dem MP in Chorlton on Thursday of last week.
Workers at food giant Nestle are to hold their first ever national ballot for industrial action over pay.
Around 200 people came to a meeting in Forest Gate, east London, on Wednesday of last week to oppose a "temporary Olympic headquarters" for the police in a local park.
Drivers at Sovereign Bus company, west London, have hit back against attacks on their pay and union organisation.
Workers at the Linamar car parts factory in Swansea have voted at a mass meeting to reluctantly accept the company’s closure terms.
