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Leeds Some 200 refuse workers in Leeds took a second day of strike action last Thursday over the implementation of a single status pay deal.

Members of the NUT teachers’ union at Withins School in Bolton were set to strike on Thursday of this week, after a 94 percent vote for action.

Teachers in the NUT union are debating their strategy in the fight against Gordon Brown’s pay limit, following their hugely successful national strike on 24 April.

The battle lines across British society could not have been drawn more starkly. At Grangemouth in Scotland refinery workers this week stood up for all of us when they confronted a billionaire oil baron out to rob their pensions.

Around 1,200 workers at the Ineos-owned oil refinery in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, walked out on Sunday in a two-day strike to defend their pensions – sparking a crisis for their billionaire boss Jim Ratcliffe and the government.

The fightback against Gordon Brown’s pay limit started in earnest on Thursday of last week. Up and down the country more than 400,000 workers were on strike. Teachers, lecturers, civil service workers and 20,000 Birmingham council workers walked out.

Around 450 workers at the Shelter housing charity struck for 48 hours last week, and were were set to strike again on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Hundreds of workers at Blackburn with Darwen council are set to go on indefinite strike from Wednesday of next week over the implementation of a single status pay deal.

Teachers in the National Union of Teachers (NUT) at Withins School in Bolton are due to strike on Thursday of next week after 94 percent voted for action in a recent ballot.

Birmingham was shut down on Thursday of last week – no surprise in a city with 25,000 people on strike.

The strikes on Fightback Thursday against Gordon Brown's public sector pay freeze were strong in all areas the country – as the size and vibrancy of the strike rallies called by unions demonstrates.

Public sector workers held well attended strike rallies up and down the country today as part of their campaign against Gordon Brown's public sector wage freeze.