The Tories were gloating last week after figures appeared to suggest that workers are enjoying an above-inflation rise in wages.
Teachers have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day national strike in June. The NUT union members, meeting for their national conference in Brighton, are fighting Tory education secretary Michael Gove's attacks on their pay, pensions and conditions.
London Underground (LU) workers are set to strike for five days over cuts to jobs, services and safety. The RMT union announced a 48-hour strike from Monday 28 April followed by a 72-hour walkout from Monday 5 May.
Migrant cleaners at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) have won improved holidays, sick pay and pensions from outsourcing giant ISS.
New employment rules for construction workers have caused angry walkouts and demands that construction firms employ their workers directly.
The National Union of Students (NUS) conference 2014 took place last week amid a backdrop of austerity, economic crisis and privatisation.
Management in several universities have threatened not to pay members of the UCU union if they take part in a planned marking boycott as part of their pay dispute.
Striking workers shut down Picturehouse’s Ritzy cinema in Brixton, south London, on Friday of last week.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) conference met last weekend.
London Underground, First Great Western, Heathrow Express, Bombardier
The latest from UAF's Nick Griffin Must Go Campaign. Plus the court case against five anti-fascists arrested at UAF demo against the BNP last year is dismissed.
Most people affected by the bedroom tax have stayed in their homes, according to new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Around half of them are in arrears as a result.
