Firefighters in the FBU union in Herts have voted by 58 percent to 42 percent to put their strike action on hold and accept the latest employer proposals as a basis for formal negotiations to end their long running dispute over cuts.
Around 8,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union working for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in ten Large Processing Offices (LPOs) across Britain were set to strike on Friday of this week.
Israeli troops are pouring across the Lebanese border as warplanes and gunboats have shelled villages and destroyed bridges and roads near the historic city of Tyre.
The CWU postal executive committee is suggesting acceptance of a new deal over pay and conditions. But it would be a mistake to end the campaign which has rocked Royal mail chairman Allan Leighton and forced him to back off from some of his attacks.
A demonstration of 1.5 to 2 million people took place in Mexico on Sunday - the biggest in Mexican political history. Mexico City's zocalo (main square) was already full at 9am as the march was setting off from the other side of town. It was impossibe to get within a mile of the zocalo due to the masses of people.
