Trade unionists and migrants took to the streets of London, Glasgow and Cardiff, reports Ken Olende
Thousands of people joined protests against racism and fascism across Britain last Saturday
Cleaners and other outsourced workers at King’s College London are finally to be paid the London Living Wage of £8.80. The university initially agreed to pay staff the living wage in November 2010.
Some 200 people gathered at Sandwell Council in the West Midlands to lobby against significant cuts to youth services on Wednesday of last week.
Unison union members in Glasgow City Council’s residential homes for older people have voted to accept an improved offer by 69 percent to 31 percent.
Unison, Unite and GMB, the local government unions, are to begin an immediate consultation of their members over employers’ lousy 1 percent pay offer.
Staff in the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in London and Manchester began a three-day strike on Tuesday of this week.
More than 100 probation workers in the Napo and Unison unions rallied in the centre of Sheffield on Thursday of last week against privatisation.
Some 150 workers at Ealing Hospital completed a seven-day strike on Friday of last week.
UCU union members at Lambeth College in south London have called a strike for Tuesday of next week.
Some 79 percent fewer workplace disputes reached Employment Tribunals in the final quarter of last year compared to the same period in 2012.
An occupation by up to 30 mental health service users at Lifeworks in Cambridge was entering its third week as Socialist Worker went to press.
