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A 400-strong march of council workers and their supporters defied cops in Bromley, south east London, last Saturday by taking the road and blocking traffic.

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Council workers in Bromley, south London, launched a new wave of strikes against Tory mass privatisation plans last week.

Bosses at Tory-controlled Bromley council in south east London have suspended Unite union rep Alan Brown.

Strikes against Tory privatisation at two London councils grew in strength as council workers walked out on Wednesday of last week. 

Campaigners in both Bromley, south London, and Glasgow stopped two evictions in the past week.

Around 300 striking council workers and supporters marched in Bromley, Kent, last Saturday. 

Unison union members in Barnet, north London, held a council-wide strike on Monday and Tuesday of this week. 

Workers at Tory-run Bromley Council in south London held a council-wide strike on Tuesday of this week. It coincided with the end of a seven-day strike by staff in passenger services and by care workers.

Refuse workers in the Unite union have called four strike days at Veolia, demanding the reinstatement of four sacked colleagues.

Bin workers in Bromley, south east London, opened an official strike ballot on Monday of this week following an unofficial walkout last month.

Refuse workers in Bromley, south east London, struck unofficially on Thursday of last week against the sacking of four colleagues.

Unison officials raided the offices of the union’s Bromley, Greenwich and Housing Association branches without notice last Friday morning.

The Westminster village has moved remarkably quickly to bury the parliamentary by-elections in Blaenau Gwent and Bromley & Chislehurst on Thursday of last week. That is because they contradict the official story about where British politics is going.

Romany lives in the Crays The Bromley Museum, Orpington, Kent Phone 01689 873 826 for opening times An exhibiton featuring artwork and photography by over 40 Gypsy children from Bromley, is on show at the Bromley Museum. It is the result of a project run by the Novas Group and the Children’s Society.

Strike threat gets moves on deal THE THREAT of strike action by parking attendants working for Vinci Park in Bromley, south London, planned for last Saturday has forced the company to meet the workers’ demands.

AROUND 100 people, mainly young locals, protested against the Nazi National Front (NF) marching through the Kent town of Bromley last Saturday. The NF claimed they were marching against paedophiles, but didn't manage to con any local people into supporting them.

THE GREAT Santa industrial dispute appears to be spreading. Two weeks ago Socialist Worker reported on the sacking of one Santa in Bromley, Kent, that provoked a solidarity picket by elves.

DON'T EXPECT your Xmas stocking to be filled up with goodies this year. Santa has been sacked and his elves are picketing in solidarity. The dispute started when Santa Robert Nisbert complained that his grotto in Bromley in Kent was too hot to work in. At first Santa's boss did put in air conditioning and provide some glasses of water. But when Robert again complained that it was too hot, they gave him the boot. They then sacked two of his elves on the pretext that they were just three minutes late.