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Workers at Middlesex university, north London, struck on Tuesday of this week in protest at planned job cuts. The action involved workers in both the UCU and Unison unions at the university.

Unite against Fascism (UAF) has called a counter‑protest at a planned English Defence League (EDL) demonstration at Downing Street on Saturday 8 October.

Unite’s London construction branch has unanimously passed a motion on the dispute.

Some 500 people took part in East London Pride last Saturday. A protest marched from Hackney Town Hall to Bethnal Green where workshops and a rally were held.

Unite union members in the London construction branch agreed unanimously to pass a motion including the following statement, at a meeting yesterday, Wednesday:

Around 250 construction workers occupied the Thameslink Farringdon site in London this morning, Wednesday.

Barnet council workers rallied outside the London borough’s town hall after their strike against privatisation on Tuesday of last week.

Rail workers on London’s Gatwick Express are balloting for strikes over job cuts.

Drivers at bus firm Sovereign in Edgware, London have rejected another pay offer from their bosses.

Some 100 people demonstrated in support of the cleaners at Senate House, University of London, on Wednesday of last week.

Anti-cuts activists in north London gathered for a day of debates and workshops at Islington People’s Assembly last Saturday.

Electricians, construction workers and their supporters protested outside the Olympic site in east London early this morning, Wednesday.