Bus drivers at Stagecoach’s Kettering depot are balloting this week on a new pay offer, after strike action pushed management into offering an increased hourly rate.
The battle against a national pay freeze at First Bus is hotting up, with thousands of drivers across Britain due to strike together on Monday of next week.
Fifty nine workers and their supporters from the Two Sisters factory in Smethwick protested outside Marks & Spencer in Birmingham on Saturday.
Strike supporters are planning to hamper Royal Mail’s scabbing plans next week by mass leafleting a strike-breaking mail centre in Dartford, Kent.
Every trade unionist in Britain should throw their full weight behind the post dispute.
Socialist Worker has copies of secret documents that reveal meticulous preparation over how to beat a strike in Royal Mail. Next week’s Socialist Worker will feature an in depth breakdown of the strategy outlined in the secret documents and how it can be challenged.
The postal workers’ CWU union has announced the dates for its national strike action. All mail centres and the network drivers (around 42,000 postal workers) are set to take action for 24 hours from 4am on Thursday 22 October. Delivery offices and collection staff (around 78,000 postal workers) are set to strike for 24 hours on Friday 23 October.
With management bullying at near epidemic proportions—and a major factor behind the recent 3 to 1 strike vote—you might think that Royal Mail would want to improve relations with its workers.
Workers at London Metropolitan University began a two-day strike this morning, Thursday, against job losses and course cuts.
Some 200 construction workers at the Heerema offshore fabrication yard in Hartlepool walked out on unofficial strike on Monday of this week in a dispute over union recognition.
British Airways (BA) is planning to slash 1,700 jobs and impose a two year pay freeze on its remaining staff. But workers will not to take the cuts lying down and are planning strike action over the Christmas period.
Refuse workers at Leeds city council have entered their sixth week of all-out strike action – and they are vowing to stay out until Christmas, or even longer, if that’s what it takes.
