Firefighters on Merseyside are in a crucial battle against plans by the local fire authority to ram through a package of cuts - dressed up as neo-liberal "modernisation" - that would axe 120 frontline firefighters posts, some one in ten of the workforce.
Striking Exeter postal workers voted unanimously to return to work on Tuesday after forcing their bosses into a total retreat.
Over 1,500 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) struck for the second time on Monday over job cuts.
Around 900 members of the Aslef train drivers’ union were set to strike on Friday of this week, severely disrupting services on South West Trains (SWT) for a second time.
Over 500 trade unionists gathered in the Norfolk village of Burston last weekend at the annual rally to remember the longest strike in history. The 25 year dispute started when school students walked out in solidarity with their socialist teachers in 1914.
Activists in the RMT rail workers’ union are mobilising for the Organising for Fighting Unions conference set for London on 11 November.
Postal workers in Oxfordshire struck on Thursday and Friday of last week and Monday of this week in a battle for justice and fair treatment in the workplace.
Post Office workers in south west Wales struck for two hours on Monday in protest at the closure of offices in Swansea and Llanelli.
The government has announced one of the biggest ever health privatisation schemes - selling off the contract to supply and equip hospitals across England. But the workers threatened with privatisation are balloting for strike action to oppose the government’s plans.
Firefighters on Merseyside have announced eight more days of strike action following yesterday’s breakdown in talks between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and Merseyside fire authority.
Tony Blair’s crisis is the result of a revolt that has been gathering for five years. At the heart of it is opposition to imperialist wars and New Labour’s murderous alliance with George Bush.
The Raytheon Nine appeared in court today and were remanded on continuing bail to appear again in court on 12 October.
