Abdul Omer Abdul Omer, the sacked Unite union convenor at Sovereign buses, has lost an appeal against his dismissal.
Workers at aerospace firm Messier Dowty in Gloucestershire held a series of unofficial lunchtime protests last week over a threat of 77 job cuts. The protests were set to continue every day this week.
CWU union leaders announced last week that they were recommending a new and improved pay deal to end the pay dispute at BT.
Cadbury College Teachers at Cadbury College in Birmingham struck on Wednesday and Thursday of last week in a continuing dispute over restructuring.
Workers at Delphi Diesel Systems in Sudbury, Suffolk, accepted an improved pay offer after threatening strike action this week.
Over 200 workers at the Linamar car components plant in Swansea are facing the dole. Bosses announced closure plans last week.
Tory education secretary Michael Gove is causing chaos in our schools.
After initially announcing that nine planned projects in Sandwell in the West Midlands would go ahead, Tory education secretary Michael Gove then said they were all cancelled.
Over five million private sector workers face big cuts in their pensions because the government has changed the way that increases are calculated.
Health workers in Oxfordshire are threatening to take the government to court over the shift from RPI to CPI uprating.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled last week that, after six years in prison without charge, Babar Ahmad should not be extradited to the US. Judges ruled that his extradition should be temporarily frozen due to deep concerns regarding possible "cruel and unusual punishment".
The government has announced an inquiry into the British security services and torture. It is too little too late.
