Strike Follow

London’s firefighters have called off the strike they had planned for tomorrow (Friday) after bosses agreed to go to arbitration.

The third 24-hour strike by London Underground workers for jobs and safety has been as successful as the previous two.

The Tories and the right wing media are incensed at firefighters’ plans to strike on Bonfire Night.

Past Pixels have joined forces with the National Union of Mineworkers to produce a selection of 18 greetings cards of the enamal badges of the NUM during the 1984-5 strike.

Bus drivers in the Unite union at CT Plus struck again on Friday of last week—and announced more strikes in their dispute over pay in Hackney, east London.

London firefighters walked out for a second solid strike on Monday—as they prepared for their key two-day strike starting Friday, Bonfire Night.

Tube workers were preparing for a third 24-hour strike as Socialist Worker went to press in their battle for jobs and safety.

National Union of Journalists (NUJ) members at the BBC were to strike for 48 hours on 5 and 6 November—the same days as London firefighters.

London’s firefighters will walk out on strike twice this week: for eight hours from 10am tomorrow (Monday), and then for two days from 10am on Friday – Bonfire Night.

The NUJ union has called a 48-hour national strike at the BBC over pensions—for 5 and 6 November, the same days as the London firefighters’ Bonfire Night strikes.

On 7 November 1910, thousands of striking miners marched across the Rhondda valley in South Wales. At the front were two scabs they were driving out of the town. The crowd had dressed them in white shirts with notices pinned on, "Take a warning".

Students worry Sarkozy Less than a month ago French president Nicolas Sarkozy was asked about the dangers of a massive strike movement against his government’s pension reform.