Tractor manufacturing workers at New Holland Agriculture were set to hold their fourth 24-hour strike on Wednesday of this week in a dispute over pay.
Members of the PCS union at the National Museum Wales were set to strike on Tuesday of this week.
The Tories’ intention to ram their Trade Union Bill through parliament was clear last week as the bill reached committee stage.
Claims by bosses that no offshore oil worker would spend longer than 21 days on a rig as a result of new shift patterns were exposed as a lie last week.
Anti-fascists outnumbered Nazis in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, last Saturday.
Campaigners are planning a mass protest against Yarl’s Wood detention centre on Saturday 7 November. The “Surround Yarl’s Wood—Shut it down!” protest was called by the Movement for Justice.
Northumbrian water workers; Unite call of EDF strike; Mimpin property fair; victory at Ministry of Justice; Lambeth libraries demo called
Around 600 students and lecturers lobbied MPs in parliament on Wednesday of last week. They were protesting against funding cuts to English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) provision.
Further education lecturers in England are set to strike on 10 November over pay. The UCU union members voted by nearly 74 percent for strikes after bosses announced a pay freeze.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters plan to build on the success of his election campaign. But they face challenges inside the party as well as outside.
UCU union members at the Open University are balloting for strikes over cuts and closures.
Abortion Law is to be devolved to the Scottish parliament, the secretary of state for Scotland and Tory MP David Mundell announced on Wednesday of last week.
