Strike Follow

Workers and students in Egypt’s state and private universities held a national strike last Saturday, 11 February.

Lecturers at James Watt College in the West of Scotland have voted for more strikes against job cuts.

Barnsley bus drivers finished their twelfth strike day on a high note. Some 70 of them were on the picket line from 5.30am until lunchtime on Friday of last week.

Cleaners at London’s St Pancras station are set to strike for 48 hours this week over pay. They are currently paid £6.76 an hour and are demanding £8 plus sick pay.

The West of Scotland signalling centre dispute is back on after talks collapsed. RMT members at the Glasgow centre struck for 24 hours on Tuesday this week and plan to strike for a further 24 hours on Friday 2 March.

Jobcentre workers in the PCS union in Merseyside have voted to strike over compulsory job transfers, it was announced last week.

Staff at the Lifeline drug treatment centre in Hackney, east London, are set to strike against service cuts on Thursday of next week.

RMT workers on London’s Heathrow Express service have voted by 80 percent for strikes against the sacking of driver Zahid Majid and victimisation of RMT rep Liaqat Ali.

Around 800 food workers in the BFAWU union are balloting to strike over attacks on their terms and conditions at the Gunstones bakery in Sheffield.

Journalists at Thompson Reuters news agency have called off their strike following a new deal.

A court decision over Balfour Beatty’s challenge to the Unite union’s ballot for strike action was due on Thursday of this week.

It’s on. Three unions have named the day for their next joint strike—Wednesday 28 March.