Thousands of health workers descended on parliament on Wednesday of last week to lobby MPs.
Last Saturday saw the founding conference in Glasgow of Solidarity, the new movement founded by MSPs Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne following a split in the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) earlier this year.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Merseyside has raised allegations of bullying by management in the wake of the union’s month-long strike over cuts and victimisation.
Postal workers in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and Manvers, South Yorkshire were to strike for 24 hours this week over changes in work practices without consultation.
Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have voted by nine to one (18,758 to 2,081) to accept management’s offer to end our jobs, rights and services campaign.
Workers at sports retailer JJB in the GMB union staged a third 24-hour strike on Thursday this week in a dispute over pay and conditions.
About 900 divers and support workers have been on indefinite strike since last week, seeking a 50 percent pay rise.
Glasgow City Unison branch is now balloting its members for strike action over a pay review. The review is part of the city council’s single status scheme and involves pay cuts for 4,500 workers.
More than 800 people attended two public meetings last week to launch a campaign to defend Whipps Cross Hospital in North East London. The hospital is facing £44 million cuts in the next two years. This has already led to ward and operating theatre closures, the loss of 107 beds and 276 redundancies.
There are fears that a private members bill could be introduced in parliament to curb abortion rights.
Staff at Islington Green School in north London recently voted in a secret ballot by 89 to three against their school becoming a semi-privatised academy.
Redhill college in Surrey, which caters for blind, partially sighted students, and students with learning difficulties faces department closures from next July and management say there is nothing that can be done about it.
