Thousands of members of the PCS and Prospect civil service workers’ union in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are balloting for strike action over job cuts and relocations.
Workers in the Land Registry are discussing taking strike action to defend their jobs after management last week announced plans to merge or close a number of offices.
Workers at Peugeot’s Ryton plant have voted not to take strike action to defend the plant. In April Peugeot announced plans to close the Coventry plant, with the direct loss of 2,300 jobs and the threat of up to 6,000 jobs in the area.
A joint union campaign against privatisation and for public services will be carried forward at a rally and lobby of parliament on Tuesday 27 June.
Respect has called a trade union conference for Saturday 11 November.
As Socialist Worker went to press there were signs that university employers were about to offer lecturers a "new" pay deal of 13.12 percent over three years.
The lecturers’ strike has seen a growth in organisation on the ground. Here are some recent examples of the mood around Britain.
A march is planned this Sunday to protest over the police raid on a house in Forest Gate, east London. The protest, set to begin at 2.30pm outside Forest Gate police station, on Romford Road, was announced at a packed 150-strong meeting hosted by Respect on Tuesday of this week.
The protest against the heavy handed police raid and shooting in Forest Gate is no longer to be held Forest Gate police station.
Members of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) voted at an emergency meeting last Sunday to give full political support to Tommy Sheridan, the party co-chair and member of the Scottish parliament (MSP).
