Strike
Bus and rail strikes hit back at bosses
08 November 2017Workers on six rail networks and a major bus company created widespread disruption with a coordinated strike today, Wednesday.
Reports round-up: Capita, Sellafield, Mears, Croydon trams, Plymouth DWP and more
07 November 2017Also: Ministry of Defence cleaners protest | Opposing Fujitsu victimisation | Manchester Airport strike off | Shetland Gas Plant pay row | Brighton University jobs fight | Moshe Machover reinstated
Post workers’ mass gate meetings show the fight is still on at Royal Mail
07 November 2017Coordinated transport strike set to bring cities to a standstill
07 November 2017Bus and rail workers in the north west of England were set for a coordinated strike this Wednesday.
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
Bus drivers’ walkouts can beat pay disparity
17 October 2017Some 2,000 bus workers at Arriva North West were set to walk out over pay on Thursday.
Spread the fight, say Picturehouse strikers
17 October 2017Striking workers from five Picturehouse cinemas protested in London’s Leicester Square on Sunday.
Reports round-up: Porters, cleaners and domestics protest at north London hospital
17 October 2017Also: Mears workers prepare for more action | Grantham NHS protest | Bristol Deliveroo strike | Gatwick baggage handlers to strike | Bloomberg security guards protest | Bield care homes collapse | Filia feminism conference | Sellafield firefighters strike
Reports round-up: Cleaners protest at Ferrari showroom
03 October 2017Also: Thomas Cook pilots’ strike grounded—for now | Gatwick baggage handlers ballot | Manchester Airport cleaners vote for action
United rail strike to keep trains safe
03 October 2017Guards in the RMT union struck together on four rail networks on Tuesday. Also: Tube stoppage could shut down London | Bus walkouts in Manchester and south west | Train cleaners won’t be treated like dirt
What's behind the call for a general strike in South Africa?
20 September 2017The Cosatu trade union federation in South Africa has called a general strike for next Wednesday, 27 September.
Funding formula fails test as schools still face cuts
19 September 2017Also: strike called at Badock’s Wood Primary School in Bristol
Strikes spreading to stop jobcentre closures
19 September 2017PCS union members at Sheffield Eastern Avenue jobcentre have led the fight against office closures and job cuts in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Will Labour give solidarity to workers in struggle?
12 September 2017Reports round-up: Protest against ward closure in Mansfield
05 September 2017Also: One Housing tenants won't be divided | Burston strike school centenary | Argos strike ends | Pay dispute at HTC Wolffkran | Big Ben blacklisting protest | Flashmob against firings at Glasgow Grosvenor | Rally called in Liverpool
Pay insult makes women strikers more determined at Fawley oil refinery
05 September 2017Canteen workers employed by Baxterstorey at the Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire were on the picket line again on Tuesday and Friday last week and Monday this week.
Three strikes show coordinated power on railways
04 September 2017Workers on Southern, Northern and Merseyrail trains have struck in coordinated action against plans to remove guards from trains.
Argos strikes have the bosses worried
29 August 2017Workers at Argos distribution centres entered the third week of their three-week strike
We're worth more - how workers are fighting back at McDonald's
27 August 2017McDonald’s workers at the heart of organising historic strikes told Tomáš Tengely-Evans how they did it
Are bosses allowed to ship in agency workers to replace strikers?
22 August 2017The issue of bosses using agency workers in an effort to replace strikers has come to the fore in recent disputes.
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