Labour council in Coventry and bin workers
Seventy-five bin lorry drivers have been on strike since January 31st. The Labour Council has used Tom White Waste, a private contractor that
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industrial action
Victory for GOSH cleaners
Hundreds of cleaners, members of the base union United Voices of the World (UVW) at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) will get full
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Sheerness workers defeat fire and rehire but…
Over thirty workers who process Volkswagen Group vehicles at Sheerness Docks fought back against plans by their employers, GB Terminals, to change minimum
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Scunthorpe Scaffolding Workers Remain Determined
Scaffolding workers employed by Actavo have been taking strike action since last autumn. The 62 workers are based at the British Steel site
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Going off the rails
London Underground Strike In a ballot, which closed on February 4th, of over ten thousand members of the RMT union across all grades
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Chep Strike, Manchester
Workers at the major makers of pallets, Chep UK, based in Trafford Park, Manchester, went out on indefinite strike from December 17th 2021.
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Stuart delivery workers: the struggle continues!
Stuart delivery workers in Sheffield, Chesterfield and Sunderland are participating in what is now the longest ever gig economy strike in the UK.
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Next Round of Uni Strikes and Bradford and Queen Mary’s Effective Lock-outs
From the eduction workers’ soapbox, Zero for Conduct The next round of strike action at UK Universities starts on Valentine’s Day, with workers
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French teachers give a lesson
On January 13th, 75% of primary school teachers went out on strike against the health situation in schools, together with 62% of secondary
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On the boil: unrest in Iran
Life for teachers in Iran is tough. They are paid on average 58 million rials (just over £160) per month. Sometimes salaries are
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