Members of the UCU lecturers’ union struck at five colleges on Tuesday as part of their long-running battle over pay.
More than 800 bus drivers in Bolton, Bury and Wigan held their fourth day of strike action on Monday of this week.
Steel producer Corus has put been forced to put back the closure of its final salary pension scheme to new members following threats of strike action.
Despite his reinstatement last week, the threat of disciplinary action continues to hang over Doncaster council worker Jim Board.
The National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO) meets for the union’s annual congress in Torquay this weekend.
While journalists at the Trinity Mirror media group are fighting job losses and wage freezes, their bosses are living it up on the wealth the workers have created.
The ongoing crisis in the car industry saw Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announce plans last week to shut either its Solihull or Castle Bromwich sites in the Midlands.
The Office and General (O&G) cleaning company last week offered dismissed worker Juan Carlos Piedra a job of three hours a day cleaning the UCL university, undermining its own reasons for making him redundant.
Control room staff employed by the Serco company on the Docklands Light Railway in London planned to strike for 48 hours from 12.40pm on Wednesday of this week.
Members of the RMT transport union on London Underground’s Victoria Line are set to strike for 24-hours from 9.30pm on Monday of next week over the imposition of new rosters.
Cleaners on the Eurostar trains at St Pancras International have announced a further six days of strikes over their treatment at the hands of the Carlisle company.
Anti-fascist campaigners are promising a storm of protest in response to the news that Nazi leader Nick Griffin is to appear on the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme in London on Thursday 22 October.
