Caroline Bedale, one of the most respected trade unionists in Manchester, has been barred from holding office in the Unison union for eight years – until a year after she is due to retire.
John McDermott, a well-known Unison union activist, is under investigation by the union for trying to take up a national executive seat for which he won the highest vote.
Some 350 defiant trade unionists, socialists and people from the community descended on Mansion House in Doncaster last Saturday in support of suspended Unison union convenor Jim Board.
Workers at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies have begun a ballot for strike action against management plans to close the baby room at Thistle Street Nursery, which would lead to the immediate loss of five jobs.
A court set up by the Unison union has found four Socialist Party members guilty of producing a leaflet that could give "racist offence" at the union’s 2007 conference.
Members of the Unison union at Kirklees council, West Yorkshire, were set to meet this week to discuss their industrial action ballot. Their conditions of service are being attacked as a result of single status.
