Strike Follow

An historic national strike in the IT industry is set to begin this Thursday as workers at Fujitsu walk out for three days.

The biggest dispute to hit South Elmsall in Yorkshire since the Great Miners’ Strike ended in 1985 is taking place at Superdrug.

Members of the UCU lecturers’ union at the University of Westminster are set to strike on Friday of this week in a dispute over back pay.

Lecturers at Glyndwr University in Wrexham have voted to strike in support of a sacked lecturer.

The decision by CWU union leaders to sign an interim agreement and call off nationwide postal strikes was a serious mistake.

Teachers in the NUT union at Norlington School in Waltham Forest, east London, began a three-day strike on Tuesday of this week.

Refuse workers in Brighton suspended their strike action for 21 days as Socialist Worker went to press. The move came after the council appeared to make significant concessions retreating from its plan to cut the wages of the 300 workers.

Leaders of the CWU postal workers’ union have suspended national strike action planned for today and Monday of next week following a new offer from Royal Mail.

About 20 post strike supporters came together in Brent trades hall in West London last night to prepare for the week ahead.

More than 2,000 drivers at East London Bus Group (ELBG) are to join the growing wave of unrest on the buses by striking on Monday over pay and conditions.

The FBU firefighters’ union has called off all strike action in South Yorkshire and gone into talks.

Brighton’s refuse collectors are set to start a work-to-rule on Thursday – followed by a week-long strike.