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This week’s health strike was a big success—now many want more action, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

A strike over pay by hundreds of thousands of local government workers scheduled for Tuesday of this week was suspended last week.

The suspension of this week’s local government strike underlines the need for rank and file organisation to hold union leaders to account.

Picket lines and protests from the four hour strike for health service pay

Up to 500,000 NHS workers in England struck out four hours today, Monday, in the first national health strike over pay for 32 years.

Health bosses are cooking up a frantic plan to use doctors, nurses and other medics to run ambulances during tomorrow’s NHS strike, Socialist Worker can reveal.

The planned joint strike of hundreds of thousands of local government workers in the Unison, GMB and Unite unions on Tuesday of next week has been suspended.

Hundreds of thousands of local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland were set to strike on Tuesday of next week.

Next week’s health strike can be an outlet for wider anger at the Tories’ attacks, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Tory-run Barnet Council in north London is giving preferential treatment to private firms over its own local authority trading company, Your Choice Barnet (YCB).

A series of successful strikes by workers across different unions can boost confidence to take on the Tories—and counter pressure on union leaders to retreat, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Some 15 ballots of Unison union members in academy schools all backed strikes—and they will join the local government walkout on 14 October.