Unite Against Fascism is organising a national day of action against the British National Party (BNP) on Sunday 30 April.
Workers at the Alcan plant in Lynemouth near Ashington in the north east of England, begin industrial action on Monday as part of a long running pay dispute.
Portsmouth Over 200 asylum seekers held at a detention centres in Portsmouth and Middlesex are on hunger strike in protest at their conditions. Children as young as 15 are said to be refusing food.
Bus drivers at Travel West Midlands are set to strike this weekend. The 3,600 drivers, members of the T&G union, voted by 73 percent for industrial action. Talks were to take place between management and the T&G to resolve the dispute on Wednesday of this week.
The Amicus union at Inverurie Paper have suspended strike action at the mill after a new offer from management.
Catering and cleaning staff in Aberdeen are due to strike on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
The GMB union has called off a strike ballot of depot workers at Asda.
The coalition that makes up Respect is broadening in the run-up to the 4 May council elections. A number of left wing Turkish and Kurdish activists have been selected to stand.
George Galloway launched the Respect local election campaign on Monday at a press conference in London. Respect is challenging the three main parties in many council seats across England.
Postal workers are angry that Royal Mail has been holding back from even tabling a pay offer, while at the same time pressing the government to start the privatisation process.
Three years into the war in Iraq, Tony Blair has yet to meet the families of the 103 British soldiers whose deaths he is responsible for.
