Strike Follow

Teaching staff at Harlow College – members of the UCU union – have voted for strike action as part of a campaign to defend their contracts and jobs.

Macclesfield postal workers last week walked out unofficially to support a colleague with chronic renal failure – and won a complete victory against uncaring bosses.

Refuse workers in Salford are on the brink of strike action over the use of agency staff.

Harlow College strike ballot Lecturers at Harlow college are being balloted for strike action over management’s decision to make over 200 staff reapply for their jobs with new conditions – including longer hours and less pay.

GMB members have overwhelmingly voted to reject Birmingham City Council’s pay and grading proposals this week at one of the first meetings organised by GMB throughout the city.

Nearly 200 GMB members who work at Anglian Windows in Norwich are preparing to strike. The first one-day strike will be from 6am on Thursday 11 May. A further strike will take place on 14 May.

Tesco distribution drivers at Livingston near Edinburgh have voted in overwhelming numbers to take industrial action, including strike action.

Piara Kalayan, a baggage handler at Heathrow airport devastated at being sacked hanged himself last week.

Lecturers at City College Manchester have put strike action on hold after management said that proposed new contracts would not be implemented for new starters.

The 205 lecturers at Harlow College in Essex are holding a strike ballot after management announced redundancies and changes to terms and conditions.

Some 250,000 civil service workers in the PCS union struck on May Day against job cuts, low pay and privatisation.

Royal Mail workers are pushing for a strike ballot over pay cuts.