Strike Follow

The British TUC is calling on workers to show solidarity with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) during next week’s general strike.

Chancellor Gordon Brown has declared war on the pay of every public sector worker. That’s why 20,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union were set to strike on Friday of this week.

Thousands of PCS members are set to strike on Friday of next week as the next stage of their union’s campaign.

After five days of strikes, 70 GMB members, mainly African migrant workers, have secured union recognition from NCP in Enfield, north London.

Amicus members at Fujitsu in Manchester continue their long-running battle to defend union recognition and agreements on redundancy, redeployment and pay.

Over 2,000 Southampton council workers struck for 24 hours on Tuesday. The strike was called in protest at the council’s proposal to transfer over 700 jobs to private company Capita.

Tuesday 1 May is set to see a major strike in defence of public services as the PCS civil service workers’ union steps up its action against job cuts, low pay and privatisation.

Argyll & Bute Irate council workers in Oban, Argyll, have said they want to strike over single status proposals which would cut their pay by thousands of pounds a year.

Amicus union members at Fujitsu’s Manchester site restarted strike action and travelled to London on Wednesday of last week to present their case to MPs and ministers.

Tanker drivers win 20 percent Oil tanker drivers in the T&G union at ConocoPhillips contractor Suckling Transport have won a 20 percent pay increase after threatening a strike.

Workers at Heerema, a rig-building plant in Hartlepool, are set to start an indefinite strike this week over pay.

Postal staff from all over North Staffordshire may strike after Royal Mail managers were brought in an attempt to weaken a strike at the Burslem delivery office.