Strike Follow

Over 500 hospital workers in Newcastle were on strike on Monday. The strike is to oppose "leapfrogging" where, because of the agenda for change pay structure, new staff join the workforce on higher pay than their more experienced colleagues.

A bus drivers’ strike in north Staffordshire and south Cheshire has shown how unity can be forged between British-born and Polish workers.

Around 200 postal workers at the N1 delivery office in north London are beginning a strike ballot. At issue are management’s plans to cut the equivalent of 19 jobs.

The escalating strike action at Sefton council on Merseyside in defence of victimised union activists was set to continue this week, with further groups of workers joining the 40 already out.

The second 24-hour strike by drivers of First Bus in North Staffs and South Cheshire took place on Friday of last week. Just over 300 drivers took part in a strike that was again 100 percent solid.

First Bus drivers in Scotland have won their strike over pay, with drivers in the east of Scotland accepting an improved offer on Thursday of last week.

Workers in the PCS union in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) were to strike on Friday this week over pay disparities in the department.

The Amicus trade union is balloting its members in Birmingham city council for strike action over plans to privatise the city’s highways services.

Natfhe lecturers’ union members are being urged to vote "yes" for strike action in a ballot over college employers latest dismal pay offer. The ballot began on Friday of last week.

The threat of strike action by around 800 workers at Heinz’s plant at Kitts Green in Wigan has won an improved offer by management.

Colombia’s unions and social movements were set to hold a national strike on Wednesday of this week.

The battle for jobs in the civil service is set to move on to a new stage as PCS union leaders in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) look likely to ballot their members for a national strike.