Pay campaigns
CCTV workers defy night shift robbery as Glasgow council cuts rebellion grows
22 March 2016Glasgow trade unions are moving towards a council-wide strike against the cuts. The Labour-run administration is attacking workers’ terms and conditions.
College pay battle is thrown away in a disastrous retreat
08 March 2016The UCU union has ended its pay campaign for further education members.
Leicester food workers fight to build the union and stop pay cuts
16 February 2016Some 300 workers at Samworth Brothers food manufacturer in Leicester met on Friday of last week to discuss bosses’ plans to cut their pay.
College workers gear up for joint pay strike
09 February 2016Further education (FE) lecturers and support staff have announced an England-wide strike for Wednesday 24 February.
Sky high strike vote at Ainscough cranes
26 January 2016Around 500 crane operators and support workers employed by Ainscough, Britain’s largest mobile crane hire firm, have voted overwhelmingly to strike over pay.
University lecturers launch pay campaign
19 January 2016Workers in higher education (HE) have begun a national campaign over pay.
Drive home the advantage in pay fight at Tesco hubs
01 December 2015Over 700 Tesco lorry drivers and warehouse workers at distribution hubs in Doncaster and Belfast are being balloted to strike over a “pitiful” pay offer.
As BMA sets strike dates it’s time to support junior doctors and build solidarity
17 November 2015Junior doctors will strike three times next month if they back industrial action in a ballot ending on Wednesday of this week.
Junior doctors prescribe a strike for the NHS
27 October 2015The junior doctors’ revolt is growing. The British Medical Association (BMA) announced last week that it would ballot its 56,000 members for industrial action.
FE lecturers gear up for strike to break pay freeze
27 October 2015A lecturers’ strike is set to hit further education colleges across England on Tuesday 10 November. The bosses’ Association of Colleges has recommended a pay freeze for 2015/16.
Colleges in England to strike over pay
20 October 2015Further education lecturers in England are set to strike on 10 November over pay. The UCU union members voted by nearly 74 percent for strikes after bosses announced a pay freeze.
The lights go out in Sheffield
06 October 2015Around 40 street lighting workers in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, struck on Friday of last week against attacks on pay.
Teesside construction workers take pay fight to Liverpool plant
06 October 2015Construction workers from Unite, GMB and Ucatt unions protested in Liverpool on Wednesday of last week.
Students and staff protest against University of Manchester cuts
06 October 2015Students led a demonstration on Friday of last week against planned job cuts at the University of Manchester.
Junior doctors spread revolt
06 October 2015More than 800 junior doctors marched in Manchester on Tuesday of last week to chants of “Tories out” and “strike, strike, strike”.
Large picket lines boost Camden traffic wardens' confidence in pay battle
29 September 2015Traffic wardens in Camden, central London, began a seven-day strike against low pay on Wednesday of last week.
DVLA workers drive home opposition to pay cut
01 September 2015A three-day strike by 650 workers at a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) contact centre in Swansea, South Wales, caused disruption both sides of the bank holiday weekend.
Indesit striker: ‘We are a force to be reckoned with’
01 September 2015Over 200 drivers, drivers’ mates and warehouse workers employed at 12 Indesit depots struck for two days last week. Indesit manufactures and distributes domestic appliances.
Gunstones strikers win pay rises
11 August 2015Strikers at Gunstones bakery in Dronfield, Sheffield, have won their battle against an imposed pay freeze.
Bosses squeeze us for every last penny, low pay report shows
21 July 2015Unpaid overtime, zero hours, no time to eat or for breaks at work— Nick Clark looks at a new report exposing what the Tory claims of economic recovery mean for low paid workers
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