Strike Follow

Signal workers in the RMT union at Network Rail were set to strike on Friday of this week. A strike would severely hit Britain’s rail network.

Domestic staff at South Tyneside hospitals were set to strike for 24 hours on Thursday of this week.

Engineers and bus drivers working for First Bus in Norfolk and Suffolk have threatened to strike if management do not respond on pay.

Some 500 Polish migrant workers protested against exploitation outside the S&A strawberry farm in Leominster, Herefordshire, on Monday of this week. The protest was organised by the T&G union.

Workers in the T&G union at First Bus company in Norwich are moving towards industrial action over pay.

An overwhelming 86 percent of National Union of Journalists (NUJ) members at Doncaster-based South Yorkshire Newspapers have voted to strike.

CWU union leaders were set to issue formal notice of a national strike ballot this week, although last minute talks with management were happening as Socialist Worker went to press.

Postal workers in Carterton and Witney in Oxfordshire were on unofficial strike this week against management bullying.

Firefighters in the FBU union in Herts have voted by 58 percent to 42 percent to put their strike action on hold and accept the latest employer proposals as a basis for formal negotiations to end their long running dispute over cuts.

The four unions at the BBC are set to ballot their thousands of members to strike over pay, pensions and compulsory redundancies.

Around 8,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union working for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in ten Large Processing Offices (LPOs) across Britain were set to strike on Friday of this week.

Factory workers in the GMB union went on strike last weekend for 24 hours after they were offered free pet food as part of an "improved" pay deal.