BBC engineers strike; food inspectors walk out over pay; union hold talks with Argos bosses; Scottish power workers; GMB union ballots refuse workers
South Yorkshire freedom riders held another lively week of protest last week.
Bosses at Gunstones bakery in Dronfield near Sheffield announced a devastating 420 redundancies last week.
Protests were set to take place on Thursday of this week to demand better pay and union rights for fast food workers.
Midlands region TUC will hold a demonstration at the Tory Party conference in Birmingham on 28 September.
Doncaster Care UK workers began a three-week strike on Monday of this week.
Over 500 people demonstrated against a English Defence League (EDL) march and rally last Saturday in Bournemouth.
Around 20 people attended a Travellers’ site at Harlow in Essex last Saturday to show solidarity with the residents.
Local government and school workers took part in a day of action over pay on Wednesday of last week.
As strike ballots begin in the health service activists are already organising to win a big yes vote—and are finding a mood to fight, reports Dave Sewell
PCS union members in Wales struck for the third time last weekend over pay and pensions.
Workers at Lambeth College remain in dispute over hated new contracts.
