Category: Strikes
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Solidarity with Ford workers – Defend every job
News of Ford’s plans to close the Transit plant in Southampton has hit workers and the city like a bombshell. 500 Ford workers’ and 450 contractors’ jobs are under threat. But the shockwaves of closure will rumble far further. 81 suppliers provide components and materials to Southampton. After 700 jobs were cut in 2008, these…
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Tescos – Every sacking helps!
Unite members waved union placards on the picket line saying ‘Tesco – every sacking helps’ as 186 Tesco drivers in Doncaster started a three day strike on Wednesday 31st October against job losses and wage cuts. Tesco, not content with £3.8 billion profit last year, transferred their Doncaster transport workforce in August to Eddie Stobart…
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UNISON members working for Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly for strike action
Unison Mid Yorkshire Health Branch Press release: UNISON members working for Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in their campaign against compulsory redundancies and pay cuts. The Admin and Clerical staff voted 88 % in favour of strike action and 96% in favour of action short of strike action. UNISON…
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Amnesty strike report
On Wednesday 17 October, Unite members at Amnesty’s International Secretariat (IS) offices in Central London took strike action. This is a separate dispute to the one at Amnesty UK, where two days of strike action have already taken place; there are separate ballots and issues, but both are due to managers failing to abide by…
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Amnesty workers strike
See below for details of the upcoming strike of Amnesty workers, details of the strike rally and where to send messages of support. Dear friends and colleagues Unite members at Amnesty UK went on strike for a second time last week. We have been overwhelmed by the continuing support from individuals, trade union groups,…
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Appeal from South African mine workers
Rustenburg, October 12, 2012: FROM: Rustenburg Joint Strike Coordinating Committee TO: Shop stewards, trade unionists, fellow workers, comrades RE: Appeal for support for striking South African mine workers Dear comrades, We write to appeal to you to support our strike for a decent living wage. The strike that started at Lonmin’s platinum mines in Marikana,…
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First Cymru bus strike
Drivers and engineers strike for a pay rise without strings Bus services in Swansea, Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire were devastated by a one day strike for a decent pay rise without strings by drivers and engineers at First Cymru Bus. They had voted to reject an offer of 5% over 15 months despite it being…
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NUT & NASUWT action begins on Sep 26th
Teachers prepare for a new phase of action A report from Martin Powell Davis: NSSN Steering committee and NUT NEC. Across England and Wales, teachers are preparing for the start of ‘Phase One’ of the NUT’s national action – action we have to take to oppose the Government’s attacks on pay, jobs and working conditions.…
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PCS Joint Strike over transport & environment cuts
Twelve thousand PCS members from the transport and environment departments will hold a joint strike tomorrow over cuts and closures that threaten vital services to the public. Following two months of rolling strikes across the Department for Transport, the union’s 8,500 DfT members will be joined by 3,500 from the Department for Environment, Food and…
