Strike Follow

French workers have shown their determination to block the attacks on their pensions by the right wing government of Nicolas Sarkozy. Millions of workers took part in a day of strikes and protests on Thursday.

In 1968 some 850 women machinists at the Ford factory in Dagenham, east London, struck for equal pay.

Astra Zeneca workers were to strike on Wednesday this week in their continuing fight to defend their pensions.

Around 150 workers at leisure centres, country parks and car parks across Swindon were due to strike on Saturday and Sunday this week.

BBC workers are set to strike for two days during the Tory party conference. They are fighting a key battle over pensions—a vital issue for millions of workers.

A group of rank and file activists on London Underground took part in an important discussion on Monday about the next steps in their fight for jobs and safety. It followed a solid strike at the beginning of this month.

Over 2,000 trade unionists gathered at the 100th anniversary festival of the strike by women chainmakers at Cradley Heath in the Black Country—including some in historical costume (see picture).

Union reps in Bassa, the British Airways cabin crew section of Unite, have requested a fresh strike ballot from the Unite leadership.

Bus drivers at Stagecoach Merseyside in Liverpool suspended a planned one-day strike on Monday of this week to discuss a revised pay offer.

French workers were to hold a further general strike this week over pensions.p>

Firefighters in London today (Friday) overwhelmingly voted yes in their ballot for industrial action short of a strike.

More than 3,000 London firefighters surrounded their bosses’ headquarters today (Thursday)—as their union called a strike ballot.