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RMT members working on London’s tube are being advised not to work during the firefighters’ strike in the capital this Saturday if their safety can’t be guaranteed.

More RMT transport union branches are backing the call to extend the strikes on London Underground in the battle for jobs and safety.

Bus drivers at CT Plus’s Ash Grove garage in Hackney, east London, struck on Friday of last week in their battle for decent pay.

Croydon council, the Home Office and other public bodies are pushing through thousands of job cuts in the south London borough.

Families and friends of people who have died in police custody will march thorough central London on Saturday 30 October.

London’s firefighters were set to strike this Saturday, in the first big walkout since the Tories launched their cuts onslaught.

Coaches are booked from over 30 towns and cities across Britain to the national demonstration and carnival against racism, fascism and Islamophobia on 6 November in central London.

Thousands of trade unionists protested in central London on Tuesday to oppose Tory plans to make massive public spending cuts in Wednesday’s comprehensive spending review.

Tower Hamlets in east London was the scene of a hotly contested election for mayor this week.

Sotheby Mews Day Centre, Islington, north London, is typical of the thousands of crucial services the Tory cuts will destroy.

London’s firefighters will strike next Saturday (23 October) and again on Monday 1 November, their union announced today (Friday).

Firefighters across London have voted an excellent 79 percent yes to strikes – on a 79 percent turnout.