Local government
27 June 2017
Social workers at Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
20 June 2017
Unions representing more than 1.6 million local government workers are calling for a pay rise to break the Tory public sector pay cap.
20 June 2017
Thousands of public sector workers met in Brighton this week at the national and sector conferences of Britain's largest union, Unison.
20 June 2017
Unions representing more than 1.6 million local government workers are demanding a 5 percent pay rise to break the Tory public sector pay cap.
20 June 2017
Hundreds of people came from all over Britain to offer solidarity to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, and to demand answers.
24 May 2017
Scottish TUC deputy general secretary Dave Moxham's call to “challenge the public sector pay freeze” comes as 70,000 council workers ballot for strikes over pay
16 May 2017
Anti-cuts campaigners in Barnet were celebrating a breakthrough after the Tory-run north London council decided to keep its waste, recycling and street cleaning services in-house.
09 May 2017
The Tories came second in last week’s Scottish local council elections and proclaimed themselves the sole winners.
25 April 2017
The general election in Scotland is likely to revolve around constitutional questions.
18 April 2017
Includes short reports from the latest strikes in manufacturing, IT services, higher education, local government, plus news from abortion rights, housing and climate change campaigns
21 March 2017
Labour Party officials have threatened to suspend one of their own constituency parties for campaigning against a free school
28 February 2017
Around 200 teaching assistants (TAs) protested outside Durham County Hall on Friday of last week. It was the culmination of a week of protests during half term.
28 February 2017
Glasgow janitors began another two-week strike last Wednesday.
21 February 2017
The Scottish government was set to pass its budget on Thursday.
21 February 2017
Also: will the SNP satisfy Glasgow council strikers?
31 January 2017
The Tories are preparing a fresh attack on the poor, announcing plans to close more than one in ten job centres last week.
31 January 2017
Around 150 teaching assistants (TAs) descended on Derby Council’s head office on Tuesday blowing whistles, ringing bells and waving flags and placards.
10 January 2017
Activists and residents have occupied the Thurlow Lodge community hall on the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark, south London.
13 December 2016
Cuts to council budgets in Scotland could total £700 million by the end of this parliament according to a new report.
13 December 2016
The Unison union has agreed to ballot social work staff at Kirklees Council.