London Underground (LU) workers in the RMT union struck solidly for 48 hours from Monday of this week to defend jobs, ticket offices and safety.
There has been an important shift in the potential for fightback by the working class.
London Underground workers plan five days of strikes over cuts to jobs, ticket offices and safety.
Cleaners at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) have won improved holidays, sick pay and pensions from outsourcing giant ISS.
The branch secretary of Waltham Forest Unison Health branch, in east London, and six other stewards resigned from the union last week.
Candidates for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition are taking on austerity and racism in the local elections around England. Socialist Worker reports
The Ritzy cinema in Brixton, south London, was shut down by striking workers last weekend—for the second week running.
The CWU union conference which begins on Sunday of this week will be the first since Royal Mail was privatised by the government.
Doncaster strikers are stepping up their fight against Care UK bosses, reports Raymie Kiernan
Over 100 Freedom Ride protesters continued their protests on Tuesday of this week against the axing of free train travel for older and disabled people.