More than 80 low paid parking attendants working for NCP in Edinburgh struck on Friday and Saturday of last week. Their action follows a successful one-day strike earlier in the month.
Unofficial solidarity action by teachers in support of low paid kitchen staff severely disrupted Haggerston School in Hackney, east London, on Wednesday of last week.
The attempt by Unison union leaders to discipline leading activist Yunus Bakhsh is causing them to perform some dangerous somersaults.
Signallers in Scotland and maintenance workers in Cumbria were set to strike on Friday this week. The Scottish signallers had been denied a bonus for striking to defend an agreement over working hours that the company had reneged on.
Up to 200 lecturers, students and campaigners took part in a protest outside Downing Street on Friday of last week.
Over 170 teachers attended a meeting at NUT teachers’ union headquarters on Tuesday of last week to address the situation facing hundreds of overseas teachers in London.
On Friday of last week over 100 lecturers and supporters took part in a march from Harlow college against redundancies and the imposition of new contracts.
The Further Education Committee (FEC) of the UCU lecturers’ union has a policy to reject any below inflation pay offer.
A crucial battle is coming at London Metropolitan University (London Met) over jobs and union rights.
Tens of thousands of people attended the annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) London Pride event last Saturday.
Why is the world becoming so prone to "natural" disasters? The recent floods in Britain have been blamed on "freak weather – a once in a lifetime incident – an act of god!"
