Sections of the outer fence of Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre were torn down today, Saturday, as some 700 people protested outside to demand its closure.
Workers in the UCU and Unison unions at London Metropolitan University struck together yesterday, Thursday, in a row over redundancies.
Workers at Lewisham and Southwark College (Lesoco) struck today, Thursday, in defence of jobs and education.
Luxury hotel strike; NHS protest; Reclaim the Power direct action; Odeon workers; anti-racism day school
Coordinated walkout against cuts at London Met | Strike against closure at Lewisham and Southwark College | Protest against casualisation at Warwick University | Ballots at University of South Wales and Mid Cheshire College |
Around 250 people protested outside Downing Street against the Tories’ threats to human rights last Saturday.
Unison union rep Robert O’Donnell has been sacked by the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC).
Striking hospital porters from Dundee took their battle to be regraded to the Scottish parliament last week. They’re demanding action to end their nine-week all-out strike.
The funeral of a man who died following contact with police in Fife, Scotland, is set to take place this Sunday.
A leading activist in the NUJ journalists’ union at the Rotherham Advertiser in South Yorkshire has been targeted for redundancy.
Teachers in Lewisham, south east London, were celebrating a victory this week after threats to convert schools to academies were withdrawn. Also: teachers' strikes in Swansea and Newham
The outrage of England and Europe over Fifa corruption is hypocritical, writes Dave Sewell
