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Care UK workers in Doncaster began a 14-day strike on Monday of this week. The leading NHS privatiser has launched a massive attack on workers with the introduction of new contracts last month. 

Care workers in Neath Port Talbot, south Wales, were set to strike on Tuesday of next week. They face attacks on jobs and conditions—and a pay cut of up to 16 percent.

Doncaster Care UK workers were set to start a two-week strike on Monday of next week. It’s an escalation of their ongoing dispute against attacks on terms and conditions.

London Underground (LU) workers in the RMT union struck solidly for 48 hours from Monday of this week to defend jobs, ticket offices and safety.

The CWU union conference which begins on Sunday of this week will be the first since Royal Mail was privatised by the government.

Care UK workers in Doncaster are set to strike for another four days over the Easter weekend starting on Friday this week.

Carers for adults with learning disabilities in Doncaster struck for 48 hours from last Sunday. The Unison union members are fighting Care UK bosses’ attempts to slash their pay and conditions by forcing them to sign new contracts.

Solicitors and probation workers in England and Wales walked out on a two-day strike on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Workers in the probation officers’ union Napo struck over Tory plans to outsource 70 percent of the service.

Union members at Lambeth college are furious at new contracts. But their dispute is about the community they serve too, says Sadie Robinson

More than 100 people gathered in Brixton tonight, Thursday, to protest against the selloff of a local Lambeth College site.

Doncaster care workers were set to begin their second seven-day strike on Wednesday of this week over attacks on evening and weekend wages.

Tory education secretary Michael Gove has set out to destroy progressive education. But he is meeting increasing resistance, and even falling out with some of his friends.