Fighting the cuts Follow

Ballot papers have gone out to workers at Shropshire council as they begin their vote for strikes.

The prospect of a strike by hundreds of thousands of health workers took a step forwards last week.

The TUC has released official flyers for the mass march on the Tory party conference in October.

Tory education secretary Michael Gove has announced that 24 "free schools" will open in September.

Over 450 Southampton council workers in social work were set to strike on Wednesday of this week.

Some 60 members of the Community union at BRC Manufacturing in Barnsley walked out on a four-day strike from Thursday of last week.

A 20-year old protester has been jailed for 12 months for his part in the 26 March demonstrations in London.

Council workers in Shropshire are to ballot for strikes over plans to sack them all to force through new contracts.

The strike by public sector workers on Thursday of last week was a magnificent success.

Amanda, PCS member, National Portrait Gallery

Invite a worker who struck on 30 June to speak to your union branch Make links with other union branches and campaign groups where you are Organise a joint rally to prepare for the next wave of action Fight for action in your workplace over every last cut Build for the protest against the Tory conference on 2 October Pass the model motion demanding the union leaders call action: http://bit.ly/kYxHpm

Socialist Worker journalists recorded more than 100 banners from different organisations on the march