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Home care strikers rally in Birmingham
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Home care strikers rally in Birmingham

Over 100 striking home care workers and supporters rallied in Birmingham’s city centre on Saturday—their 21st day of industrial action
15 September 2018
Traffic wardens get ready for a five-day walkout to demand higher wages
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Traffic wardens get ready for a five-day walkout to demand higher wages

Traffic wardens in Camden, central London are “very, very ready” to begin a five-day strike to fight for decent pay, on Monday.
11 September 2018
Birmingham care strikers need support
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Birmingham care strikers need support

Home care workers in Birmingham are determined to win their battle to defend services, as their dispute should become a focus for the trade union movement.
11 September 2018
Glasgow workers get ready for strikes over equal pay
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Glasgow workers get ready for strikes over equal pay

Equal pay campaigners in Glasgow are getting ready to deliver a huge mandate for action when their strike ballot closes in the next week.
11 September 2018
Birmingham care workers call more strikes in battle to save service
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Birmingham care workers call more strikes in battle to save service

Birmingham home care workers rounded off their latest week of strikes by securing a promise of total support from Unison union general secretary Dave Prentis.
04 September 2018
Victory at Soas as workers beat outsourcing
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Victory at Soas as workers beat outsourcing

Workers were celebrating after their outsourcing to private firms officially ended and they became directly employed by the university.
30 August 2018
Solidarity boosts Birmingham home care strikers
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Solidarity boosts Birmingham home care strikers

The long-running battle to save a vital social care service in Birmingham from privatisation and collapse is at a critical moment.
28 August 2018
Strike ballot over equal pay is on in Glasgow
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Vote yes for equal pay at Glasgow City Council

Unison union members who work for Glasgow City Council (GCC) and its outsourced companies have started balloting for strikes
28 August 2018
Strike ballot over equal pay is on in Glasgow
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Glasgow council workers could strike for equal pay

Thousands of workers in Glasgow are preparing to build a huge result in a strike ballot that is part of a fight for equal pay
21 August 2018
Birmingham home care strikers defy bosses’ scheming
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Birmingham home care strikers defy bosses’ scheming

Care workers in Birmingham have thrown themselves into the fight
21 August 2018
Union leaders are wrong to make concessions that weaken Corbyn
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Union leaders are wrong to make concessions that weaken Corbyn

CWU union leader Dave Ward has spoken out in defence of Jeremy Corbyn. Others are demanding he concedes over the definition of antisemitism.
18 August 2018
Trade union leaders pile pressure onto Labour to silence criticism of Israel
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Trade union leaders pile pressure onto Labour to silence criticism of Israel

Trade Union leaders and allies of Corbyn have put increasing pressure on him to adopt a definition of antisemitism that restricts criticism of Israel.
14 August 2018