Pay campaigns
London transport workers round-up
10 March 2015RMT union urges 17,000 staff at Network Rail to reject deal | Meetings build pay campaign on London buses | Tube workers discuss "pitiful" offer | Strikers defend diabetic driver
Health workers round up
10 March 2015Porters strike over pay in Dundee | Woolwich wage walkout suspended | Support Charlotte Monro at tribunal
As unions vote to accept NHS pay deal many workers will be worse off
04 March 2015Members of the largest health workers’ union, Unison, have voted by two thirds to accept a pay offer put to them after union leaders wrongly called off strikes last month. The turnout was 17 percent.
Make the rich pay
03 March 2015There's no need for austerity - and we have the numbers to prove it
London bus drivers gear up for more pay strikes
10 February 2015London bus drivers were set to strike again in their battle for equal pay with the capital’s 18 bus operators and Transport for London (TfL) on Friday of this week and Monday of next week.
Workers of the world united - immigrant voices from London's bus strike
10 February 2015Migrant workers from many countries took part in London’s bus strike last week. Strikers told Raymie Kiernan about why they came to Britain, what their lives are really like—and how they fight to defend their rights at work and drive up pay for everyone
Defence Support Group workers demand more strikes after Unite union suspends walkout
20 January 2015The Unite union has suspended a planned strike by Defence Support Group (DSG) workers because of the prospect of a new offer.
Bus worker speaks out—all the controllers say is, 'Why are you late?'
20 January 2015Mostafa, a bus driver, spoke to Raymie Kiernan about the pressures of work
Momentum grows ahead of Tuesday's London bus strike
10 January 2015Around 27,000 London bus drivers in the Unite union are set to walk out on Tuesday of next week. It’s part of a pay dispute with 18 bus companies and Transport for London (TfL).
Unite union calls London-wide bus strike for equal pay
06 January 2015Over 27,000 London bus drivers are set to strike across the capital’s 18 bus companies on Tuesday of next week.
London Tower Transit bus workers fight back against unequal pay
06 January 2015Tower Transit workers strike
Defiant DSG workers kick back at bosses with plans for more action
20 December 2014Striking defence workers celebrated the last day of their ten day strike with a Christmas party on the picket line yesterday, Friday. The Unite union members are already gearing up for more action at Defence Support Group (DSG) in the new year in their fight for an 8 percent pay rise.
Escalation can win as DSG workers strike for 10 days
16 December 2014Defence Support Group (DSG) workers are making bosses sweat with their ten-day strike for pay, ending on Friday of this week.
Bosses of London’s buses can expect a bumpy ride
16 December 2014A strike ballot of 20,000 London bus drivers was set to finish on Thursday of this week.
London bus workers gear up for battle over pay
09 December 2014Some 20,000 London bus drivers are balloting for strikes to demand equal pay and collective bargaining across the capital’s 18 bus companies.
Ten-day strike begins at DSG defence firm as workers tell bosses to 'get stuffed'
08 December 2014More than 700 Defence Support Group (DSG) workers walked out at Ministry of Defence (MoD) bases across Britain today, Monday. The Unite union members were beginning a ten-day strike against a real terms pay cut.
Rebellion over Unison local government pay sellout grows in strength
02 December 2014The revolt inside the Unison union against the leadership’s sell out of members in local government over pay is growing.
Keep the Further Education pay ballot on
02 December 2014College lecturers across Britain are balloting for strikes over pay—but some in their UCU union are organising to get the ballot scrapped.
The Tories’ NHS cash pledge can’t mask their assault on the NHS
02 December 2014Tory chancellor George Osborne has claimed that the government will give the NHS a £2 billion “lifeline”.
On the offensive: defence workers escalate strikes in pay battle
27 November 2014Defence Support Group (DSG) workers have gone on the offensive in their dispute over pay, calling another ten days of strikes. The action is set to begin on Monday 8 December and last until Friday 19.
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