Pay campaigns
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.
NHS strikers take on the Tories
24 November 2014Up to 500,000 health workers struck for four hours across England today, Monday.
In pictures: NHS workers strike across England
24 November 2014NHS workers in nine different unions across England walked out on strike from 7am to 11am this morning, Monday.
Anger at union leaders after pay ‘betrayal’ in local government
18 November 2014The rotten pay proposal cooked up by leaders of the Unison, GMB and Unite union leaderships has now settled the dispute with local government employers.
Cleaners are wiping out poverty wages
18 November 2014Cleaners in the RMT union at London’s Waterloo station struck for 24 hours, outsourced cleaners in the Unison union at Birkbeck University won better terms and conditions
Reject shoddy pay deal in Welsh NHS
11 November 2014Health workers in Wales are frustrated that their Unison union has suspended a pay strike planned for Monday of this week.
Fresh strikes called across Defence Support Group sites
11 November 2014Defence Support Group (DSG) workers have escalated their fight for a pay rise by announcing a four-day walkout.
Pay ballots set to end in local government
11 November 2014Voting ends this week in pay consultation ballots of local government workers in England and Wales.
Reject rotten local government pay proposal
04 November 2014The Unison, GMB and Unite unions are holding a consultative ballot of local government members in England and Wales over pay.
Unite to build resistance to the Tories’ austerity
04 November 2014Hundreds of union militants will gather at the Unite the Resistance conference later this month to debate how we get united action against the Tories.
More unions join the NHS pay revolt as fresh strikes are called
04 November 2014Health workers across nine unions in England are set to strike for four hours on Monday 24 November.
More DSG action on cards
04 November 2014Defence Support Group (DSG) workers struck on Thursday of last week at the Ministry of Defence bases at Colchester, Warminster and Bovington.
Ritzy in job losses U-turn
04 November 2014Bosses at Picturehouse cinemas announced last week “there will be no redundancies at this time” at the Ritzy. The U-turn came less than a week after it said it planned to sack 34 workers at the south London cinema.
Ballot set for Post Office
04 November 2014Some 2,000 Post Office workers are set to receive their strike ballot papers on Saturday of this week after pay talks broke down with bosses.
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