Prospect
Dates announced in Scottish air traffic controllers’ dispute AND airport action suspended and ended
Dates announced in Scottish air traffic controllers’ dispute
Civil service workers cue up new strikes
Action by outsourced workers at government departments is spreading.
Reports round-up—Bin the Anglesey outsource pay gap
Bin the Anglesey outsource pay gap
Union must fight for BT jobs
Prospect union reps at BT met last week to discuss their response to major job cuts.
BT workers' union must lead fight to stop job losses
BT, Britain’s largest telecoms company, announced last week that it is slashing 13,000 jobs to boost profts. This is on top of 4,000 job cuts last year.
Unions need to build real fight to stop 13,000 job cuts at BT
BT, Britain’s largest telecoms company, has announced that it is slashing 13,000 jobs in an effort to boost profits. This is on top of 4,000 job cuts last year.
Picturehouse bosses resort to legal threats in response to strikes
23 January 2018Picturehouse cinema workers struck at five sites in London last Saturday and Sunday.
Picturehouse cinema strikes are just the ticket
07 November 2017Workers at five Picturehouse cinemas in London struck on Sunday and Monday.
Reports round-up: Capita workers strike to defend pensions
31 October 2017Also: Living Wage Week action at Picturehouse | Hospital porters in Exeter and cleaners at Manchester Airports prepare to strike | Fascist Britain First in Bromley and Burslem | BAE reps rally over jobs | Mend hosts Trojan Horse meeting | UCU Left debates beating the pay cap
Spread the fight, say Picturehouse strikers
17 October 2017Striking workers from five Picturehouse cinemas protested in London’s Leicester Square on Sunday.
Picturehouse cinema strikers vow to continue fight as union calls fresh ballot
06 August 2017Workers at five Picturehouse cinema sites in London walked out on Friday and Saturday as part of their long-running campaign.
Swashbuckling Picturehouse strikers hope to plunder the Cineworld treasure chest
30 May 2017Picturehouse workers at East Dulwich cinema in south London kept the pressure on last Saturday with a strike hitting the new Pirates of the Caribbean film premiere.
Popcorn bribe doesn't halt Picturehouse cinema workers' strike
15 April 2017Workers at five sites of the Picturehouse cinema chain struck today, Saturday.
Five Picturehouse cinemas to strike on Saturday as company recruits strike-breakers
13 April 2017In a repeat of one of the largest strikes in British cinema history, five Picturehouse cinemas will strike simultaneously this Saturday, 15 April.
Reports round-up: Nazis have a wet weekend in Maidstone
10 January 2017Also: Unions go nuclear in pensions fight | Post union must stand firm on pensions | Shutdown at Fujitsu Manchester | Picturehouse strikes again? | Racist Ukip isn’t welcome in Bolton | Councils face fury over latest cuts | Support the left in lecturers’ union | Protest called for trans prisoners | Socialist Worker appeal breaks target
Reports round-up: Bullying Royal Mail boss gets the boot after walkouts in Accrington
03 January 2017Also: New offer for BA cabin crew | Wage war rolls on at Picturehouse cinemas | Harrods protest will demand pay justice | Weetabix factories to face walkouts | Stop Home Office deportation flights to Jamaica | Bectu now biggest sector in Prospect | Unite calls off bus strike in Wirral
Reports round-up: Nazi hardcore drowned out by Bolton anti-fascists
29 November 2016Over 200 anti-fascists outnumbered up to 80 Nazis from National Action and English Defence League splinter groups in Bolton last Saturday.
Reports round-up: Paralympic protesters launch week of action
07 September 2016Disabled people are highlighting the impact of austerity alongside the Paralympic Games this week. Also: Old Firm clash hit by Glasgow workers’ action | Were steel unions missold PFF? | University workers vote on pay walkout | Ballot on pay freeze at Freightliner| Bectu members vote for merger with Prospect | CPS could charge over Kingsley death
Serious action needed to defend civil service workers’ redundancy pay
09 August 2016The PCS civil service workers’ union has said it is refusing to sign up to Tory government plans to cut redundancy pay for its members.
Reports round-up
12 July 2016North sea oil workers ballot|Bectu and Prospect Merger|East London teachers strike against extra hours|Posties ballot against privatisation|Protest against the EDL Nazis in London|Roma genocide commemoration|More Weymouth bus strikes on timetable|Leeds bus strike halted l Protest in support of Corbyn in York|New moves in the steel closures fight
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