Strike Follow

Staff at the Lifeline drug treatment centre in Hackney, London, have called off their strike against cuts.

Teachers in London sixth form colleges were set to strike and lobby parliament on Thursday of this week.

Balfour Beatty failed to obtain an injunction against the Unite union at the High Court last Thursday.

Scottish education union EIS is the latest to announce moves to strike on 28 March.

"The pensions dispute is at a pivotal stage. People will be deciding in the next few weeks whether we are seriously going to oppose the government’s austerity or are we going to let them get away with attacking our pensions.

The number of strike days was higher last year than at any time since 1990, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Electricians at construction firm Balfour Beatty are set to strike officially, after bosses’ attempts to use the anti-union laws to stop them failed.

Cleaners formed a noisy and lively picket outside the new St Pancras International Station today, Thursday.

Unions have proposed a new date for their joint strike over pensions.

The decision to name 28 March as a date for a joint pension strike breaks the stalemate that followed the government’s "heads of agreement" deal.

Arthur Scargill led the National Union of Mineworkers during its epic strike against Margaret Thatcher’s attempts to smash the union in 1984-85. For this he remains a heroic figure to a generation of activists.

London teachers in sixth form colleges are preparing to strike for half a day on Thursday of next week.