Some 60 people attended a Peace, Justice and Equality public meeting in Manchester on Friday of last week hosted by Black People Rising Against the Cuts (Barac).
The court of Appeal ruled last week against disabled campaigners who said the bedroom tax and benefit cap discriminate against them.
Unison has given local government bosses until 1 April to respond to unions’ pay claim or they will begin a national branch consultation.
Further and higher education workers were set to meet to discuss an ongoing pay dispute on Saturday of this week.
Cleaners on London Underground are to ballot for strikes because their employer, outsourcing giant ISS, is introducing fingerprint technology to book on for work.
Cleaners on Virgin West Coast’s Pendolino fleet called off a planned 24-hour strike after a settlement was reached reinstating a victimised union member.
RMT Northern Rail maintenance driver members in Traincare depots plan to strike for 48 hours over a re-grading exercise.
Supporters of Mark Harding, an RMT union member arrested on a picket line during the recent Tube strike, gather outside his court hearing on Tuesday of this week
Over 200 women gathered in London last Saturday for the Women’s Assembly against Austerity.
Care workers in Glasgow are preparing for a series of 72-hour strikes.
Anti-fracking campaigners have called a protest in central Manchester against drilling by IGas on Barton Moss, Eccles on Sunday of next week.
MPs’ rows over Scottish independence focus on helping the bosses, writes Raymie Kiernan
