Strike Follow

Up to 11,000 cabin crew workers with British Airways (BA) are set to strike from Monday to Wednesday of next week. The T&G union has called the strike following a massive 96 percent vote for strike action.

The RMT rail workers' union is set to ballot its 6,500 members on the London Underground for strike action over last year's pay deal. The ballot will close in mid-February.

Workers in Beirut set fire to rubbish bins as a general strike against the US-backed government paralysed the country this week. There are pickets and barricades across most major roads.

Pressure is growing from postal workers for a national strike ballot. The CWU union’s executive has little choice but to discuss action after a national briefing last week for branch union reps gave an absolutely clear indication of the mood for action.

TV licensing strike scheduled

British Airways (BA) cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly for a strike over "management by imposition and the breakdown of respect".

The Unison union’s local government service group executive decided last week that new proposals over pensions were unacceptable.

In late December over 20,000 Egyptian textile workers in Mahal el-Kubra went on strike against privatisation and won.

Members of the Bectu and NUJ media workers’ unions at news provider ITN are set to strike on Tuesday of next week.

Some 11,000 cabin crew at British Airways (BA) were set to vote for strike action this week.

Management at East London Bus Group turned to the anti-union laws at the last minute to get a court injunction against strike action that was due to take place on Monday.

Civil service workers in the PCS union are mobilising to get the biggest yes vote possible in their current strike ballot against job cuts, privatisation and unfair pay.