Labour ministers unleashed a further assault on public sector workers last week when they allowed post office bosses to unveil two fundamental attacks on postal workers.
Senior representatives from across the PCS civil service workers’ union were set to meet on Tuesday of this week to discuss the next step in their fight against job cuts, unfair pay and privatisation.
Dundee
Over 200 Dundee University students, lecturers and workers protested on Thursday of last week against a plan to slash over 100 jobs as part of management’s "sustainability review".
Postal workers at the Burslem delivery office in the Stoke area are to strike for four days next week in a continuing dispute over disciplinary action.
After a two day strike at Capita TV Licensing in Bristol, an "in principle" agreement has been reached with management that places a limit on the number of jobs going to India.
Protest has halted plans to remove the Sukula family from Bolton. We heard the good news on Monday, two days after 100 people rallied outside Bolton town hall in support of the Sukula Family Must Stay campaign.
Lecturers across Britain have received the ballot papers for the UCU general secretary and national executive positions this week. The ballot runs until 7 March, and lecturers need to keep campaigning throughout the election period.
New moves in Fujitsu dispute
Fujitsu workers from Manchester travelled to London last week to meet MPs. The workers, members of the Amicus union, wanted to discuss their ongoing dispute.
"Gordon is not going to have his leadership ambitions up-ended by a bunch of rabid trade unionists." That is the future prime minister’s message to the unions according to a senior Treasury official.
So multiculturalism failed. This is the theme of the moment. It all seems a bit odd to me as I wasn’t under the impression that multiculturalism had been tried out yet.
