The consortium that runs two-thirds of London Underground’s infrastructure has agreed not to outsource current work in the face of a threatened three-day strike.
Postal workers held a day of action in Northampton last Saturday to campaign for a publicly owned Royal Mail.
Members of the PCS and Prospect civil service workers’ unions working in magistrate’s courts across England and Wales have voted overwhelmingly for a national strike in a dispute over pay.
Council workers in the communications section of Tower Hamlets council in east London struck on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in defence of Eileen Short, a Defend Council Housing activist threatened with the sack by the council.
Following the magnificent walkouts and protests in Ireland last week, Irish Ferries workers, who have been occupying two ships in Welsh ports for 21 days, have forced a stunning climbdown from the management of the shipping company.
Some 10,000 mainly young people marched through central London last Saturday against the inaction of the US and British governments over climate change.
Sefton council’s desperate smear tactics against Defend Council Housing (DCH) campaigners have reached new lows, with the Merseyside council sending out letters to four leading DCH activists threatening legal action against them.
The number of new homes built for rent from housing associations and councils is at its lowest level since 1925.
The left challenge to New Labour received a boost in Newham, east London, last week when a Labour councillor and the secretary of the Liberal Democrats in the area joined Respect.
New Labour is worried that Respect could take control of Tower Hamlets and Newham councils.
