Strike
Reports round-up
18 July 2017Shorts reports from the week including industrial action, refugee solidarity, opposing Ukip and resisting council cuts
To beat British Airways, Unite needs to stop bosses’ strike-breaking operation
11 July 2017Striking cabin crew were set to descend on parliament on Wednesday as part of their ongoing fight against poverty pay at British Airways (BA).
Children’s services strike takes on bullying council bosses in Kirklees
11 July 2017Workers in Children’s Services social work teams at Kirklees council, west Yorkshire, struck for two days last week. They have multiple grievances with the Labour-run authority.
Industrial round-up: Post workers hold large rallies over Royal Mail pension attack
11 July 2017Also: Four-week strike starts at Mears | Tube bosses ban water | Woolwich ferry dispute settled | LSE cleaners defend Alba | Dpac protest against Atos | Birmingham bins | Sellafield firefighters | dirty protest | Unnecessary defeat at BMW
How can we fight under new strike laws?
05 July 2017Offshore workers in the Unite union are the latest to have their legal right to strike blocked by the Trade Union Act. But it is possible to fight as Royal Mail have shown.
Social workers at Kirklees council plan a two-day strike against outsourcing
27 June 2017Social workers at Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
Postal workers deliver wildcat strikes to Royal Mail
20 June 2017A wave of wildcat walkouts hit four Royal Mail offices over the past week with strikes in Canterbury, Scarborough, east London and Carmarthen.
More action timetabled by British Airway workers against bosses’ punishment policy
06 June 2017British Airways (BA) “mixed fleet” cabin crew are set to return to the picket lines after a three-month break.
Glass workers’ strikes can shatter bosses’ rotten offer
06 June 2017Workers at Sierra Windows in Paignton and DB Glass in Newton Abbott—both in Devon—were set to hold further strikes this week.
GMB congress is shaped by the looming election, but delegates slam the Tories
06 June 2017Delegates gathered for the GMB union congress in Plymouth ahead of the general election this week.
Fight the threat to the Picturehouse union
06 June 2017The Picturehouse chain of cinemas has suspended eight trade union reps at two of its sites in London but workers are not intimidated
Reports round-up: Lecturers in Manchester resist jobs cull
06 June 2017Disputes at Manchester Metropolitan University, Argos, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Birmingham bins, Bank of England and London Underground
Unions shouldn’t bemoan a lack of strikes—but get organising them
06 June 2017There were some grim statistics out last week about strikes and unions.
EHRC strikes roll on to Manchester
06 June 2017Rolling strikes against budget cuts and redundancies at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) entered their final week this week.
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.
Court loss for bosses boosts Argos strikers
30 May 2017Argos distribution workers finished their first round of strikes on the front foot after bosses failed to get an injunction against their action.
Striking cleaners push on after their action wins concessions from LSE
30 May 2017Striking cleaners and their supporters rallied outside the LSE university in central London yesterday, Wendesday.
Argos workers strike to defend conditions
23 May 2017Argos warehouse workers defied bosses’ legal threats to begin a two-week walkout at five depots across England last Wednesday.
PCS conference hears of workers' actions and plans for more
23 May 2017At the recent conference for the PCS union, workers discussed strike action for disputes with EHRC and the DWP
EHRC strikers resist the onslaught on public sector jobs
16 May 2017Workers at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are fighting sackings brought on by Tory budget cuts.
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