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More than 800 junior doctors marched in Manchester on Tuesday of last week to chants of “Tories out” and “strike, strike, strike”. 

Students led a demonstration on Friday of last week against planned job cuts at the University of Manchester. 

Construction workers from Unite, GMB and Ucatt unions protested in Liverpool on Wednesday of last week.

Around 40 street lighting workers in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, struck on Friday of last week against attacks on pay.

Traffic wardens in Camden, central London, began a seven-day strike against low pay on Wednesday of last week.

Over 200 drivers, drivers’ mates and warehouse workers employed at 12 Indesit depots struck for two days last week. Indesit manufactures and distributes domestic appliances.

A three-day strike by 650 workers at a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) contact centre in Swansea, South Wales, caused disruption both sides of the bank holiday weekend. 

 Strikers at Gunstones bakery in Dronfield, Sheffield, have won their battle against an imposed pay freeze.

Workers at the Gunstones bakery in Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly to reject a pay offer.

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Unpaid overtime, zero hours, no time to eat or for breaks at work— Nick Clark looks at a new report exposing what the Tory claims of economic recovery mean for low paid workers

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