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Bosses at Tata Steel and trade union leaders have agreed a deal over the closure of the Port Talbort steelworks in south Wales.

Distribution workers in Solihull, Birmingham, planned to walk out for higher pay on Thursday this week and next Monday.

Arcadia distribution workers in Solihull struck on Monday—one of the year’s busiest online shopping days.

Over 200 anti-fascists outnumbered up to 80 Nazis from National Action and English Defence League splinter groups in Bolton last Saturday.

Strikers from Fujitsu went to Munich in Germany last week to leaflet the firm’s Fujitsu Forum.

Also: strike vote over attack on social work teams in Kirklees

Refuse workers employed by Veolia in Sheffield struck for half a day over pay on Tuesday.

Hundreds of workers employed by Glasgow City Council-run firms are taking action this week over conditions at the Labour council’s “arms-length” companies.

Also: Forced redundancy pushed back at Hull College | Coventry University contracts victory for union | Firefighters strike at nuclear plant | Protest at John Lewis poverty pay | Solidarity event for people in Turkey | Organising for free labour movement

Oil and gas industry workers covered by the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement are holding a consultative ballot on the latest insulting deal from employers.

Two strikes in outsourced council services are exposing the cost of privatisation in Sheffield.

Over 2,500 college support workers in Scotland struck on Tuesday to demand the same lump sum pay rise as lecturers. Unison union members, who struck earlier this month, were joined by GMB union members.