Bus drivers began a 48-hour strike at First Bradford on Monday of this week.
Workers at Greenwich College in south London were set to strike on Friday of this week over new contracts that slash holidays, impose longer hours and bring in unannounced teaching observations.
Teachers and parents lobbied the annual general meeting of private education firm Pearson on Friday of last week.
the backdrop to the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) last week was the demise of Labour in Scotland and rise of the Scottish National Party.
Workers at Dundee university walked out on Tuesday of this week against management plans to impose compulsory redundancies.
European leaders pledged more money to patrol the Mediterranean Sea after the deaths of 1,300 refugees in just one week last month.
Protesters gathered across Europe in solidarity with migrants last week. In London hundreds protested outside European Union (EU) commission near parliament in central London last Saturday.
NHS bosses are spending funds earmarked to deal with the next winter crisis in a desperate bid to keep accident and emergency (A&E) departments running.
The inquest into the death of Kingsley Burrell heard how he was strapped on a trolley, handcuffed and in leg restraints for two hours.
Nigel Farage has said he will step down as Ukip leader “within ten minutes” if he is not elected MP in the general election.
Under five years of Tory austerity, the richest have got even richer. For the rest of us it’s a different picture. A new TUC report revealed that our living standards have suffered the longest drop since records began.
