Around 1,400 protesters took part in demonstrations and other actions at Heathrow airport on Sunday of last week, as the culmination of the week-long Camp for Climate Action.
Kings College Hospital rally Union members and local supporters held a rally last week in support of Unite union representative Tony Anthrobus. Tony’s job is threatened by a reorganisation at King’s College Hospital in south London where he has worked for over 40 years
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is angered at what it describes as "the irresponsible decision taken by Cable & Wireless to engage in the services of the notorious American firm of ‘union busters’, The Burke Group".
Following its success in the recent council by-election in Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Respect is standing in a council by-election in Stonebridge ward, Brent, north west London.
Gordon Brown’s government has chosen Tim Allan, an ex-New Labour spin doctor, to head up the campaign to cut jobs at the Remploy company that employs disabled workers.
Nippon Express strike Drivers and warehouse workers at Heathrow cargo handler Nippon Express picketed the airport during a strike on Tuesday of last week in a dispute over pay and shifts. The workers, members of the T&G section of the new Unite union, say that they stand to lose over £1,000 a year through new shift patterns. Union membership has doubled at the firm since the dispute started earlier this year. Further strike days are planned.
Sacked Luton post worker John Peters, who was dismissed by Royal Mail after his postal van was stolen, has been inundated with messages of support.
Guards, revenue protection inspectors and retail staff in the RMT union at One railway in north Essex struck last Saturday and Monday of this week, in support of an unfairly dismissed colleague.
A construction worker was found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft in offices in central London last week.
Last week some 50 people attended a lively protest outside Newham town Hall in east London over the council’s attacks on the Unison branch chair Michael Gavan.
Health workers at Sheffield’s Northern General hospital walked out on Monday of this week over pay cuts imposed when management axed thousands of pounds in allowances.
A Coventry taxi driver was racially abused and battered with a metal bar last Saturday. Some 600 Coventry taxi drivers went on strike in response last weekend.
