Two of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) four Scottish offices are earmarked for closure, with others also under threat.
Strike against pay cuts at Northern General Hospital Bulk stores workers, who are members of the Unison union, at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield took their third day of strike action on Monday against a planned 20 percent pay cut.
Some 1,700 workers at helicopter firm Agusta Westland struck for 24 hours on Monday of this week over pensions.
Some 1,400 members of the Prospect civil service workers’ union at Devonport dockyard in Plymouth struck for half a day on Friday of last week against a "shoddy" performance pay system.
Members of the RMT rail workers union across One railway have voted by more than five to one to strike in support of a guard sacked following an incident with a violent and abusive passenger.
Campaigners fighting to save the jobs of hundreds of disabled workers at Remploy factories across the country are continuing their tour of protest.
The British army has been resoundingly defeated in Iraq – and the only person who doesn't know it is prime minister Gordon Brown.
School students from across Scotland are stepping up their campaign to end army recruitment in schools.
My trip to Sainsbury’s this week reminded me of something. On the shelf where the supermarket used to offer families a good variety of children’s books, full of stories, poems and interesting artwork, all that was on sale was a set of booklets full of maths and language exercises.
The US is planning a huge propaganda blitz to prepare the ground for a strike on Iran.
Hundreds of post workers at Stockport mail centre went on unofficial strike on Friday of last week to demand the reinstatement of a sacked colleague. They returned to work on Tuesday after agreeing to a ballot for an official strike.
A vigorous campaign by parents and pupils has put a stop to Edinburgh city council's proposal to close one in six schools.
