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Private company CIS will be brought in to take over a third of services at the National Gallery on Monday of next week.

Rail workers’ union RMT held a series of campaigning events on Monday of this week against the threat to jobs, fares and services from new franchises on the Northern and Trans-Pennine Express routes.

Workers at London’s National Gallery are set to strike over Christmas as bosses press ahead with privatisation plans.

Tenants facing eviction and their supporters surrounded the plush West End offices of property investment fund Westbrook on Monday of this week.

When corporate spivs pounced on an east London estate they expected easy pickings. but they got more than they bargained for, Dave Sewell reports

Raymie Kiernan considers what is at stake for Doncaster Care UK workers as they vote on a new offer

Care homes have now been deregulated to the point that operators are not being required to put in place emergency procedures.

UCU union members reballot at Lambeth College in south London and nationally across FE, plus a strike vote to defend university pensions and a strike against redundancies in Wales. NUT national consultation to end this week and defending NUT rep Julie Davies.

Short reports on Yorkshire Freedom Rides campaign, protesting against deaths in custody, Bolton health anti-privatisation campaign and strikes by prison officers, refuse collectors and train conductors

Strikers at Care UK in Doncaster ended a three-week strike last Sunday. The care workers have now struck for 90 days in eight months.

A ballot by Unison union members at Your Choice Barnet (YCB) ends on Thursday of this week. 

Rail bosses are rubbing their hands at lucrative new deals as spineless politicians let them tighten their grip