Scottish lorry drivers who deliver cigarettes have voted for strikes in a consultative ballot and are now proceeding to a formal ballot.
The Gate Gourmet dispute ended last week after workers voted at a mass meeting to accept a deal brokered by their T&G union.
Terrorism T-shirts During the conference the Prevention of Terrorism Act was used against people wearing T-shirts with anti-Labour slogans.
Bus drivers in Norfolk and Suffolk ended their strikes this week after they won a 3 percent pay rise without strings.
Last week saw two days of strike action by over 2,000 Co-operative Insurance Society financial advisers, writes Geoff Brown. Around 500 attended a rally in Manchester journeying from as far afield as Aberdeen and Plymouth. The workers’ Usdaw union is maintaining the fight against changes to contracts that could mean earnings are reduced by up to 30 percent.
Ehe Alhijra Somali football team were worthy winners of the first Unity five a side football tournament organised by Haringey Respect in north London.
Merseyside is to see what is hoped to be its biggest ever march against racism on Saturday 22 October following a series of incidents of racial harassment and violence and the racially motivated killing of Anthony Walker.
The premiere of Won’t Get Fooled Again, a documentary on the G8 and G8 protests, was held in Edinburgh on Friday of last week.
Strange though it might seem, the Labour Party still runs a regular conference each year, attended by trade unionists, leftish councillors, and (mildly) progressive activists.
A United Nations (UN) report has revealed that the carnage tearing Iraq apart is being fuelled by the US, Britain and their allies.
The first major battle over public sector pensions could be about to begin.
Health workers, activists, trade unionists and local campaigners are getting organised as Britain’s health service faces its greatest threat since its foundation — New Labour’s attempt to drive free market policies through the NHS.
