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Tube drivers set to strike for a day | Firefighters’ ballot draws to an end | Hewlett Packard workers balloted | Gatwick staff vote to strike over pay |

A strike ballot over the use of agency staff on the Tube and the casualisation of existing workers is due to end on Monday of next week.

Cleaners employed by Mitie working for First Great Western have rejected a management offer of an 8.5 percent wage increase over three years. 

Sarah Ensor and Dave Sewell speak to workers from around the world about how they are organising the fightback in their workplaces and building trade unions in Britain

Striking First Great Western (FGW) train cleaners demonstrated outside Paddington Station this morning, Friday, in their third strike for a living wage from outsourcing giant Mitie.

Strike ballot looms on London Underground | Mitie cleaners set for a three-day walkout | Aslef suspends drivers’ action | Strike ballot result due at UPS Camden | Building workers reject poor pay deal

Around 250 cleaners working for Mitie on First Great Western trains struck today, Friday, for the second time to win £8.55 an hour.

Cleaners in the RMT union working for Mitie at First Great Western struck on Friday of last week.

Protest to keep East Coast Mainline public at 9.30am on Wednesday of this week at Westminster.

City Link workers (above) and supporters demonstrated in Southsea last Saturday. They plan further protests on Saturday of this week over contracts that will cut pay by up to £7,000 a year.

The RMT union held protests last Saturday over City Link’s attempt to slash wages with new contracts.

A planned strike by London Underground Victoria Line drivers on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week over compulsory overtime was suspended for negotiations.