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Unions have won important gains. But questions remain that a newly merged Ucatt/Unite union should investigate

Bosses at Tata Steel and trade union leaders have agreed a deal over the closure of the Port Talbort steelworks in south Wales.

Campaigners fighting to defend the NHS across Britain can take heart from a victory against outsourcing giant Carillion in Nottingham last week.

Over 200 anti-fascists outnumbered up to 80 Nazis from National Action and English Defence League splinter groups in Bolton last Saturday.

Strikers from Fujitsu went to Munich in Germany last week to leaflet the firm’s Fujitsu Forum.

Also: strike vote over attack on social work teams in Kirklees

over 850 Arriva bus drivers across West Yorkshire struck on Monday of this week in an ongoing dispute about pay and conditions, particularly driver hours.

IT services workers at Fujitsu in Manchester were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday, the third round of strikes in a dispute over pay, pensions and job security.

Workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire struck on Monday against the planned closure of their pension scheme.

Up to 2,000 people marched in central London today, Saturday, to defend libraries, museums and galleries under threat from cuts.

Also: Offshore workers reject bosses’ sham pay offer

Over a quarter of a million people in the West Midlands could be left with no art gallery, youth services or museums and just one library out of 16 in four years time.