Strike Follow

A planned strike by PCS union members at the Steria firm on Monday and Tuesday of this week was called off after management made an improved pay offer.

Lambeth council bosses have been forced to back down over compulsory redundancies after library workers threatened to strike in the south London borough.

NASUWT union members at Whickham School and Sports College in Gateshead were set to strike on Wednesday of this week.

A large and lively picket kicked off an indefinite strike by journalists at South Yorkshire Newspapers, who are fighting job cuts and office closures.

Library workers in Lambeth, south London, were set to strike on Friday of this week.

Bakers’ union Bfawu called off strikes it had planned at Burton’s foods in Blackpool after bosses challenged them under the anti-union laws.

Workers at South Yorkshire newspapers owned by Johnston Press today began an all out strike against redundancies. This followed a vote that was 100 percent for action on a 90 percent turnout. Nineteen out of 20 journalists voted for the action—and the last was on holiday.

BBC journalists struck on last Friday, against management plans to impose 100 compulsory redundancies. Picket lines were strong and the national strike, by NUJ union members, had a big impact.

Some 40 journalists in Sheffield were set to begin an indefinite strike on Friday of this week against job losses.

Langdon School NUT teachers’ union members at Langdon School in Newham, east London, were set to strike on Thursday of this week over workload and "oppressive management".

It is a critical week in the Southampton council dispute—now in its seventh week of rolling strikes.

The strike by public sector workers on Thursday of last week was a magnificent success.