Strike Follow

Around 2,500 bus drivers and engineers working at Metroline launched the first major bus strike in London for seven years on Tuesday.

Low paid workers, many on the minimum wage, are in a bitter battle over pay against their multi-millionaire employer in Wigan.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Merseyside has raised allegations of bullying by management in the wake of the union’s month-long strike over cuts and victimisation.

Postal workers in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and Manvers, South Yorkshire were to strike for 24 hours this week over changes in work practices without consultation.

Workers at sports retailer JJB in the GMB union staged a third 24-hour strike on Thursday this week in a dispute over pay and conditions.

About 900 divers and support workers have been on indefinite strike since last week, seeking a 50 percent pay rise.

Glasgow City Unison branch is now balloting its members for strike action over a pay review. The review is part of the city council’s single status scheme and involves pay cuts for 4,500 workers.

Telegraph Members of the NUJ journalists’ union at the Daily Telegraph are set to strike for three days from Tuesday of next week.

Primary school teachers in Greece ended their six week all-out strike on Monday of this week over pay and the government’s plans for education.

GMB union members at the Martland Mill JJB Sports warehouse in Wigan held a 24-hour strike on Tuesday and another on Thursday of this week.

A revolt by members of the NUJ journalists’ union at the Daily Star forced management to scrap an anti-Muslim page last week. Workers organised to strike a blow against the Islamophobia that has filled the right wing tabloids over the last few weeks.

More postal workers are to start strike ballots over cuts and attacks on full-time jobs.