Strike Follow

Some 20,000 Birmingham council workers in the Unison, Unite, Ucatt and GMB unions are set to strike for two days on Wednesday and Thursday of this week in an ongoing dispute over single status pay cuts.

Leeds council refuse workers and cleaning staff are set to stage two 24-hour strikes over the next week, including on the day of the local elections, over single status pay cuts.

‘The unions in Birmingham council have called for a strike of their 20,000 members on Wednesday and Thursday of next week against their single status pay settlement.

‘The attacks on pay and on adult education are being led by the government. These are the issues that have led lecturers in further education colleges to vote for strike action.

‘It is crucial that all workers back those striking on 24 April. I will be speaking at a strike rally in Oxford on that day as the branch secretary of the local CWU postal workers’ union.

London Underground workers in the RMT union at the failed private contractor Metronet have voted by more than four to one to strike over pensions, travel facilities and the outsourcing of work.

Journalists in the NUJ union at Express Newspapers called off a strike over pay set for Friday of last week. The workers at the Daily Express, the Sunday Express, the Daily Star and the Daily Star Sunday in London and Preston had struck solidly on Friday 4 April.

The Strike vote by further education lecturers vote is brilliant. It reflects the fact that a lot of hard work from UCU union members has gone into the campaign. People are absolutely thrilled – we now have a two to one in favour of strike action and a seven to one vote in favour of some sort of action.

Over 4,000 further education (FE) lecturers in Wales were set to strike on Wednesday of this week.

An indefinite general strike was under way in Zimbabwe as Socialist Worker went to press.

Strike to stop sinking pay Coastguards in the PCS civil service workers’ union staged their second one-day strike over pay on Friday of last week.

Across Britain, workers prepare for mass strike on 24 April