Drivers at First Bus in the north west of England took their ninth day of strike action on Monday of this week in a battle against a pay freeze. Hundreds of workers at First’s London depots are currently balloting to join the action.
Some 4,000 undocumented workers ("sans papiers") are striking in the Parisian region. They come from sub-Saharan Africa but lack the official papers that entitle them to the benefits that French workers enjoy.
South Yorkshire firefighters in the FBU union have called another wave of strike action across four days this week. The firefighters are set to take rolling strike action from Friday to Monday.
Members of the Unite and PCS unions at the IT services giant Fujitsu are gearing up for a national fight over jobs, pay and pensions after voting overwhelmingly to take strike action over the issues.
The all-out indefinite strike by Leeds refuse workers, which is now into its ninth week, is putting Leeds city council bosses under increasing pressure.
Over 3,000 British Airways (BA) workers crammed into an electric mass meeting at the Sandown racecourse on Monday of this week, as their Unite union prepared for a strike ballot.
Around 120,000 postal workers took strike action last week and CWU union activists across Britain told Socialist Worker that their action remained absolutely solid.
Rumours of a deal to end the postal workers’ strike abounded as Socialist Worker went to press, while talks between the union and Royal Mail continued.
Some Labour MPs have joined post workers on their picket lines – to their credit. It is also remarkable that the government has retreated into sudden silence over the postal strike.
Escalating the strike is the best way for postal workers to win. CWU rep Mick Chambers, from Chiswick delivery office in west London, speaks for many when he says that the union must increase the tempo of the action.
Chants of "Where’s our post?" directed at striking postal workers by pro-management demonstrators in Ipswich today no doubt brought much glee to Royal Mail bosses.
