Strike Follow

Workers on outsourced IT contracts at Fujitsu Services in Manchester walked out on Monday to begin a five-day strike as part of their long running campaign over redundancy rights, better pay and union recognition.

Council care workers in Southampton will stage a three-day strike from Saturday of this week in a dispute over new contracts.

Activists in the PCS civil service workers' union organised to make Wednesday's strike against job cuts, privatisation and unfair pay as hard-hitting as possible.

Many activists in the PCS union are pushing for more national strike action as the next stage in the campaign against the job cuts.

A strike by up to 11,000 British Airways (BA) cabin crew was called off at the last minute this week after the T&G union reached an agreement with BA bosses.

Over 240 health workers at Manchester Community and Mental Health trust were preparing for strike action this week.

Around 10,000 HGV drivers working across Britain for Royal Mail are to begin the strike vote process unless there is a new offer from management within the next seven days.

Over 250 workers at Manchester's mental health and social care trust joined a one-day strike on Wednesday of this week in protest at proposed cuts that will mean job losses and decimation of the service.

New Labour wants to make the right to strike illegal under European Union (EU) law. At the same time it wants it to be legal to pay migrant workers less than the minimum wage.

Health workers at Manchester's mental health and social care trust have voted to strike against a package of cuts that will mean job losses and a worse service for patients.

Local government workers across Surrey are set to strike on 6, 7 and 8 February as part of their campaign over pay.

Over 280,000 members of the PCS civil service workers' union are set to strike on Wednesday of next week after they voted to take action against job cuts, privatisation and unfair pay.