Over 80,000 workers in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are set to strike on 6 and 7 December. The workers, members of the PCS civil service workers’ union, voted by 62 percent in favour of strikes over pay.
Single Status strike ballot Some 1,500 workers in the Unison union at Argyll and Bute council are to hold a strike ballot over single status.
Rolls Royce workers in the Unite union around the country are to stage a protest over plans to close a plant in Bootle, Merseyside, with the loss of more than 200 jobs.
Siemens, which employs over 10,000 staff across Britain, is meeting serious resistance to its attempts to attack pension rights.
Planned strikes by bus workers at East London Bus Company and Stagecoach Manchester were suspended after management at both companies came back with new offers.
Workers at BAA’s airports are to vote on strike action over pensions.
Teachers in Liverpool are threatening to walk out if their pay demands are not met. Over 100 teachers across the city are expected to protest on Thursday of this week against Brown’s pay freeze, and are warning that a ballot for strike action could begin in the new year.
Last week there were two public meetings to discuss new secondary schools planned for south London.
Members of the NUT teachers’ union at Pimlico School in Westminster, London were on strike on Tuesday of this week against their lunch break being cut.
The result of the recent National Union of Teachers (NUT) election was announced at the end of last week.
Thousands of BBC workers are to be balloted for strike action over job cuts at the corporation.
Over 100 workers held a lobby at the Department for Work and Pensions office in London on Tuesday of this week.
