Some 1,000 Pupil Support Assistants (PSAs) in Glasgow were set to strike against imposed changes to their job remit on Thursday of this week.
A sacked health and safety rep at George Monoux College in north London has won an appeal against the sacking.
The first national postal strike in four years was set to take place on Monday of next week.
Firefighters in England and Wales were set to walk out twice this week after the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) announced further strike dates.
The need to fight injustice ran through the Defend the Right to Protest conference in London last Sunday.
Over 150 pickets converged on Ferrybridge power station in west Yorkshire last week to protest against an attack on national terms and conditions by local construction bosses.
Ealing traffic wardens called off a one day strike on Tuesday of this week after their employers NSL made an improved offer to settle.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently confirmed it holds documents relating to another blacklist in the construction industry.
The national walkout involves the UCU, Unite and Unison unions. It’s the first action in a campaign to win decent pay after bosses offered a below-inflation 1 percent deal.
Campaigners marched through Manchester banging pots and pans last Saturday to highlight the growth of food poverty in Britain.
Train drivers on the TransPennine Express in the Aslef union are set to strike on Tuesday of next week.
Over 500 train drivers working for CrossCountry voted by 81 percent for strikes last month over rest days.