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More than 2,000 workers at Coca Cola plants across Britain were set to ballot from this Friday for strikes over attacks on their pay and pensions.

Some 1,000 school heads and governors have "expressed an interest" in privatising their schools, the GMB union says.

Arthur Woodhead has been waiting seven years for compensation after exposure to asbestos left him ill.

The clear winner of the first Labour leadership candidates’ debate, held at the GMB congress in Southport last Monday, was also the one who seemed least likely to get on the ballot paper.

One GMB delegate asked the Labour candidates how they would defend the Redcar Corus steel workers’ jobs.

The 1,600 members of the Unite, Unison, Bectu and GMB trade unions working for Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG) struck successfully for the third time last weekend.

The GMB union last week called off planned strike action at British Gas after "positive discussions" with the company.

More than 100 members of the three local government unions—the GMB, Unison, and Unite—protested over a pay freeze outside the central London headquarters of the Local Government Association (LGA) on Tuesday.

Workers at British and Scottish Gas are set to strike. Some 8,000 GMB union members have voted by 82 percent for strikes against "macho management" in the company.

THE GMB union was to serve notice this week of an official strike ballot of 8,000 members at British and Scottish Gas. It is in protest at attacks on jobs and conditions.

The GMB and Unite unions are planning a protest demonstration in London on 3 February.

The GMB union has called off planned strike action by refuse lorry drivers in Chester after management offered talks.