Pickets got up the nose of management in last week’s one-day strike by First South Yorkshire drivers against a pay freeze.
Some 1,300 workers in the Unite union at Cadbury are involved in a consultative ballot over pay.
Fire authority bosses are planning a series of cuts in front line posts in one of the biggest attacks on the fire service.
Around 30 people took part in a lively protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Manchester last week.
Refuse collectors in Edinburgh are angry about proposals to scrap bonuses for attendance and productivity and have been working to rule since 25 June.
Following an excellent picket of the Labour Party meeting that re-affirmed Hazel Blears as the Labour Party’s candidate for Salford, the inaugural meeting of the Hazel Must Go campaign took place last week.
Train drivers in the Aslef union at East Midlands Trains have voted by 75 percent to 25 percent to reject their pay offer and strike. They are now set to strike on Friday of this week, Monday and Friday of next week, and 3, 7 and 10 August.
Members of the RMT transport union working for Arriva Cross Country have voted by four to one for industrial action over a breakdown in industrial relations.
Workers in the RMT and Aslef transport unions at National Express East Anglia have voted by over 90 percent to strike over pay, conditions and reorganisation.
More than 100 contract workers inside the Ford complex in Southampton were set to strike for four hours on Wednesday.
The fight for the future of Royal Mail is intensifying.
Some 25,000 Unite members at Barclays bank are about to ballot over the bank’s decision to close its final salary pension scheme.
