Hundreds of bus drivers at Stagecoach Bluebird in north east Scotland struck for 24 hours on Friday of last week over pay.
Britain’s biggest public sector union has expelled one of its best-known activists following a campaign against him that has lasted for nearly two years.
As attacks on jobs, pensions and working conditions grow, the question of whether workers can fight back against them is a crucial debate.
Gordon Brown’s pre-budget report this week has been heralded by the media as marking the end of three decades of Thatcherism.
Workers at Calcast in Derry, Northern Ireland, have gone into occupation after 90 redundancies were announced.
"I worked at the Hoover plant for 18 years until 1980," says Huw. "It was good solid work. My whole family worked there – my father, uncle, two brothers and myself. There wasn’t a family round here that wasn’t connected to that place.
The government’s plans announced this week involve suspending a proposed tax increase of 1 percentage point on profits for small business.
Chancellor Alistair Darling announced £5 billion in "efficiency savings" as part of his pre-budget report.
Tax The pre-budget report announced an increase in the top rate of income tax to 45 percent on those earning more than £150,000 – the top 1 percent of earners – to much fanfare.
The pre-budget report announced by chancellor Alistair Darling on Monday of this week was trailed by days of media speculation about its contents. It was widely seen to represent the government’s definitive statement on how to tackle the economic crisis.
Some 40 teachers in the Socialist Teachers Alliance (STA) met last Saturday.
