Teachers plan to walk out against attacks on their pay, pensions and conditions, writes Sadie Robinson
Social workers in Glasgow have taken unofficial action and won.
Teachers rallied in London and Nottingham last Saturday in the run-up to regional strikes next month to defend pay, pensions, conditions and education.
The UCU union will ballot its members in universities for strikes over pay. The union served notice on the UCEA employers’ organisation on Tuesday of this week.
Bosses of multinational bottle company Ardagh Glass have made concessions to stave off strikes for the second time.
Beer and lager delivery drivers working for Kuehne & Nagel Drinks Logistics (KNDL) at Swansea struck on Wednesday of last week.
Police launched a series of raids targeting Irish Travellers last week.
Cleaners on the East Coast Mainline struck on Monday of this week. The RMT union members are employed by ISS.
Social Workers across Glasgow are on unofficial strike. They held a 60-strong union meeting on Monday of this week and voted unanimously to join colleagues who walked out on Friday of last week. And the dispute is spreading.
Muslim and other students got together and forced a college into a U-turn, writes Helen Salmon
Students are returning after the summer and are gearing up to protest against the Tories in Manchester on Sunday 29 September.
Health workers backed a motion of no confidence in their bosses at a meeting at Whipps Cross Hospital on Thursday of last week.
