Delegates to the firefighters FBU union conference in Blackpool last week debated the way forward for the union in the wake of the general election.
Kingsley Burrell’s family is demanding a public inquiry into his death after an inquest jury ruled that police restraint and neglect contributed to his death.
Sheku Ahmed Tejan Bayoh died in police custody in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Sunday 3 May.
The Hillsborough inquests heard evidence relating to the youngest victim of the disaster, Jon-Paul Gilhooley, last week.
Bosses at the National Gallery in central London have sacked leading PCS union activist Candy Udwin. This is a major attack on a high-profile trade unionist and a serious assault on union rights.
Protesters marched through the centre of Bolton last Saturday in support of two sacked university workers.
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Workers at London Metropolitan University were set to strike on Thursday of this week against bosses’ plans to axe 165 jobs.
A threatened strike by UCU union members on Thursday of last week at City and Islington College forced bosses to back down over compulsory redundancies.
Strikers shut Small Heath school in Birmingham on Wednesday of last week in protest at plans to turn it into an academy. The walkout involved ATL, NASUWT and NUT union members.
The UCU union’s annual congress takes place this weekend as the new Tory government signals further assaults on services and working conditions.
Glasgow homelessness caseworkers called for mass pickets involving other Glasgow City Council workers, Unison union members and stewards on Wednesday of this week.
