Strike Follow

Over 80 members of Unite struck for a third day on Monday of this week at C Brown Steels, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, in a dispute over pay. Their demand for a 6 percent increase has been met by a management offer of 3.5 percent now and 2 percent next year.

Warehouse and distribution workers at Argos, one of Britain’s biggest and most profitable retail chains, have voted by 67 percent to strike against a below-inflation pay offer.

Last call for new pay offer Cleaners in the Unite union working for Initial Air Services at Manchester Airport will strike for three days from Thursday of next week over pay.

Workers at East North East Homes Leeds (ENEHL) were set to strike this Wednesday in defence of Unison union activist John McDermott

An indefinite national strike has closed primary and secondary schools across Nigeria in West Africa.

In an important fight over city academies, members of the Unison and NUT unions at the Hayward school in Bolton have voted to strike over plans to transfer the school out of local authority control and transform it into an academy.

The strike by 700 cleaners on the London Underground for 48 hours from Tuesday of last week brought to public attention the workers who keep the capital running.

Hundreds of thousands of workers are gearing up to take on Gordon Brown's pay curbs.

Civil service workers in the Prospect and PCS unions at the British Museum in London came out on strike on Friday afternoon last week over a below-inflation pay offer.

A second day of strikes by firefighters at remote airports across the north and west of Scotland has been suspended.

Don’t shop for it – strike for it! More than 1,000 members of the Unite union at retailer Argos are balloting for strike action in a dispute over pay.

Teachers in the NUT union at Pimlico School, Westminster, have announced three more days of strike action in their ongoing campaign over their lunch break. The strike dates are 3 July, 9 July and 15 July.