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Over 300 workers at Wigan council will begin balloting for industrial action this week. 

Cleaners at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) have voted by 100 percent for strikes.

Pressure is growing on trade unions to fight for real wage increases. The Tories talk of a “recovery”.

More than 600 delegates attended Unison Women’s conference in Brighton, which began on Friday of last week. 

After years of below-inflation pay rises unions in universities are striking for a real pay increase. Many are demanding that the unions escalate the dispute, says Sadie Robinson

Unite union members in Portsmouth struck on Wednesday of last week.

Care workers in Glasgow residential homes were set to strike for 72 hours from Friday morning of this week.

Workers in universities across Britain struck today, Thursday, to demand decent pay. The walkout brought together four unions – the UCU, Unison, Unite and the EIS in Scotland.

Care workers in Glasgow City Council’s residential homes struck for 48 hours on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The Unison union members came out for the second time in a fortnight to resist pay cuts of up to £1,495 a year. 

Some 200 council workers and anti-fracking protesters gathered outside the Swinton Civic Centre on Wednesday of last week.

Local government workers are organising a day of action over pay on Tuesday 4 February. The Unison, GMB and Unite unions are backing the action.

University workers in the UCU, Unison and EIS unions are set to strike on 6 February over pay.