Rail engineers in the RMT transport union at Jarvis Rail and Fastline struck for 48 hours from 6am last Saturday against the companies’ refusal to give guarantees on compulsory redundancies.
Members of the NASUWT union at four schools in Tamworth, Stafford, took strike action on Tuesday of this week as part of a long-running campaign to stop a planned academy in the town.
UCU union members in Gorseinon College, Wales, have voted by over 70 percent to strike against 10 planned job losses at the college. They will strike next Wednesday.
Workers in the UCU and Unison unions at London Metropolitan University are set to come together in a day of joint strike action on Friday of this week.
Around 300 activists from across Britain attended the annual conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) in London last weekend. The successful unofficial construction strike initiated at the Lindsey oil refinery was its backdrop.
Around 450 social work admin workers in Glasgow have voted to suspend an indefinite strike that was due to begin on Wednesday of this week, after voting to accept an offer recommended to them by their Unison union officials.
A growing mood for national strike action in the post can be seen by the number of CWU union branches that have requested strike ballots in recent weeks.
Around 460 bus workers at First in Aberdeen are balloting for strike action over pay. The ballot includes drivers, mechanics and cleaners in the Unite union.
