A pivotal group of oil tanker drivers who currently work for logistics company Exel delivering fuel for BP, is to vote on strikes in defence of their pension rights. Seventy five drivers, all members of the T&G union began balloting on Monday.
Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in London last week voted overwhelmingly to strike over job cuts.
Fighting cuts at the Driving Standards Agency Workers at the Nottingham headquarters of the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) met on Monday to discuss further action in our fight against 50 job cuts.
Nottinghamshire fire crews have voted four to one in favour of taking industrial action short of a strike over moves to force them to provide an ambulance service. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says the fire authority is trying to impose new ambulance duties without negotiation.
West Midlands firefighters have agreed to press for a ballot on industrial action over changes to their working practices.
Keith Shilson, student union president at Middlesex University, London, is fighting against a decision by management to suspend him from the college. Shilson refused to cancel a question and answer session with the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir under pressure from the vice chancellor’s office.
Restaurant workers demonstrated for pay justice in central London on Tuesday.
Financial Advisers working at the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) launched a two-day national strike this week over new contracts that could leave them 30 percent worse off.
The local community in Teesside in the north east of England were shocked last week when immigration officials snatched and deported the Sajid family to Pakistan.
Drivers who work for First Bus in Edinburgh took two days of strike action on Sunday and Monday of this week as part of their fight over pay.
Tower Hamlets councillors were surprised to see protesters brandishing anti-war placards and housing banners outside their meeting this month.
Council workers in the Unison union in Sefton, Merseyside, are to start an escalating series of selective actions in their battle against the victimisation of two union reps.
