The government opened up the license bidding process to frack shale gas in about half of Britain on Monday of this week.
Unite members at Tilbury docks in Essex are on their fifth week of an all-out strike. They are striking against their employer SCA Logistics’ attempts to drive down wages through zero hours contracts.
East Midlands Trains maintenance and engineering workers walked out for four days from last Sunday.
The Unite union and bosses at Northampton General Hospital have come to an agreement for biomedical scientists to return to work.
More than 1,000 workers ended a seven-day strike on Friday of last week. The walkout hit five Argos distribution hubs and was against a “12 point plan” of attacks on their contracts.
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An eviction was stopped in Nottingham last week after more than 200 people protested outside the home of cancer patient Tom Crawford.
Care workers in Doncaster began a two-week strike on Tuesday of this week.
Between five and ten thousand people defied the police in Paris last Saturday and protested in solidarity with Palestinians.
Up to 100 Unison union members and their supporters protested outside Glasgow City Council Chambers and Kelvingrove Art Gallery last week.
Up to 100,000 people filled the streets of central London last Saturday in protest at Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza.
Israel has blood on its hands. The murder of over 1,000 Palestinians in recent weeks is not its first massacre.
