Strike Follow

Kenton school teachers strike against academy plans Teachers at Kenton School in Newcastle struck on Tuesday of this week against plans to turn the school into an academy. The strike involved workers in the NUT, NASUWT and ATL unions.

A wave of strikes across Egypt is rapidly broadening and deepening the revolution there. A national teachers strike has rallied round the slogan "Meet our demands or forget school this year."

Bus workers employed by the Public Transport Authority in Cairo are on all-out strike. They want their bonuses doubled and corrupt officials purged.

The prospect of a massive strike by public sector workers in the autumn took another step forwards yesterday (Wednesday).

Council workers in Doncaster in the Unison union struck today (Wednesday) against plans to sack 1,000 workers and cut the pay of others.

The prospect of a Britain closed by a public sector general strike took a giant step forwards last week. Up to 3 million workers could strike over pensions in November after union leaders announced raft of new ballots.

More than 25,000 workers across three councils were set to strike against cuts this week.

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

Hundreds of IT workers in the Unite union at Fujitsu struck last Monday.

Barnsley College lecturers in the UCU union will strike on Thursday of next week in defence of their branch secretary.

Teachers at Kenton School in Newcastle were set to strike three times in seven days over plans to turn the school into an academy.

NUJ members at Newsquest Cheshire and Merseyside took part in two days of strikes last week against compulsory redundancies.