OVER 300 TGWU union members working for the Lynx distribution company were set to strike on Friday of this week and Monday of next over pay.
Last summer’s Heathrow check-in dispute of just 36 hours duration will not figure in any statistics, but it was no flash in the pan.
‘UNISON IS not delivering on its potential as a union. It has allowed the government to set the agenda.
FORTY WORKERS at Boddingtons brewery in Manchester struck for 48 hours this week against brewing giant InBev, which wants to close the 227 year old site.
SOME 350 council tenants, councillors, MPs and trade unionists attended the Defend Council Housing conference last week. The campaign has won some significant victories against the government’s plans to sell off council housing.
ROYAL MAIL is preparing to close or sell off up to half its high street post offices, according to press reports on Monday.
CHRIS SMART lives in Springfield, a village in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. He suffers from chronic sciatica and is unable to work, and has lived on incapacity benefit for the past two years.
The world woke up this morning to face the grim prospect of four more years of George Bush.
WE ALREADY know who will win next week’s US presidential election.
CIVIL SERVICE workers sent a defiant message to the government last week by voting by almost two to one to strike against massive job cuts and attacks on public services.
‘OUR MEMBERS do not vote for strike action unless they think the situation is desperate.
