Strike Follow

Teachers at a north London school took part in the first strike in Britain against a forced academy this week. The NUT union members at Downhills Primary School in Haringey walked out on Tuesday.

Lecturers at Sussex Downs College in Eastbourne were set to strike on Thursday of this week against redundancies.

Staff at Central Foundation Girls’ School in Bow, east London, had been repeatedly told that striking wouldn’t change a thing.

Refuse workers in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, were set to strike on Friday of this week over plans to cut the pay of new starters.

Ground staff at Stansted airport have given notice for seven strike days including Thursday, Saturday and Sunday of this week.

Some 45 dockers at the Port of Tilbury in Essex began a 48-hour strike against attacks on their contracts on Monday of this week.

Some 430 admin workers at Kirklees council in West Yorkshire have voted to strike by 70 percent on a 45 percent turnout.

The prospect of a strike over pensions in June hangs in the balance.

The NUT union’s leadership says it will not strike in June but will coordinate action with the NASUWT teaching union in the autumn.

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Teaching and support staff at Central Foundation Girls' School in Bow, east London struck for a second time on Friday of last week.