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14 August 2019
Lincolnshire health workers strike against £2,000 loss of pay
Health visitors - nurses and midwives who visit homes - in Lincolnshire have been on strike for 14 days against the Tory county council.
14 August 2019
Summer of airline industry strikes against low pay and worsening conditions
August has seen a number of strikes threatened in the airline industry, in particular at Heathrow Airport but also at Gatwick Airport and potential industrial action by British Airways and Ryanair pilots. Strikes at Gatwick and Heathrow have been suspended because of improved offers.
12 August 2019
Equity: reject UK Theatre's pay cut deal
Theatre bosses have offered performing arts workers a measly 2% pay rise in basic rates over the next three years
6 August 2019
Hull: Karro Food meat processors strike against poverty pay
A pork foods plant in Hull that hasn't witnessed a strike in 30 years is now seeing strikes each Monday organised by general union GMB
31 July 2019
20,000 civil servants strike against pay restraint
The strike was provoked by the imposition of a below-inflation pay award
31 July 2019
Huge workload, low pay and unpaid hours - a day in the life of a teaching assistant
The role has changed unrecognisably in the last few years, but the wages do not reflect the level of commitment and professionalism the position now demands or the extra pressures it brings
17 July 2019
Newham housing repairs workers announce strike dates
Unite the Union members employed by Newham Council in its housing repairs service have agreed dates for the start of strike action. This follows a 100% yes vote in the ballot.
17 July 2019
Health visitors strike for the first time ever
Health visitors in Lincolnshire believe theirs is the first health visitors' strike anywhere in the country. The 58 specialist nurses, members of Unite the Union, voted for action by an 84% majority.
10 July 2019
Victory for Stagecoach bus strikers!
Stagecoach workers in Central Lancashire have successfully fought for a pay increase
3 July 2019
Irish health workers' anger boils over into strike action
On 24 June over 10,000 workers in the Irish health service took strike action, ignoring Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar's last minute plea to call it off. This was the first day in a campaign of escalating strike action.
3 July 2019
Angry Usdaw members strike at Sainsbury's distribution centre over sick pay cut
Dozens of members of shop workers' union Usdaw picketed Sainsbury's Waltham Point distribution centre in Essex for most of their 24-hour strike against changes to sickness policy.
3 July 2019
Gig-economy exploitation doubles
The 'gig economy', formerly known as 'casual labour' - and much beloved of the dock employers for hundreds of years worldwide, is on the rise. Tony Blair famously called it "the flexible workforce".
26 June 2019
Striking workers defy the race to the bottom at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports
The strikes for pay and pensions justice at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports are a fight for every trade unionist and worker in Scotland and beyond
26 June 2019
Union action can tackle 58% working poverty rate
Almost two-fifths of those in poverty in the UK are also in work
19 June 2019
Bluestar bus drivers' strike over pay
Bus drivers at Bluestar in Southampton were out in force at Totton and Eastleigh bus depots on 18 June, angry at their pay and working conditions, writes Southampton Socialist Party.
19 June 2019
Trade union action can end low pay
Five million workers in Britain (over one in six) are stuck in low-paid and insecure work, writes Ruth Byrne, catering worker.
12 June 2019
Scottish airport strikes - fight for better pay and pensions
Hundreds of Unite trade union members at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports are striking to defend pensions and for better pay.
12 June 2019
Southampton hospital workers win
Security staff at Southampton General Hospital, who have been attacked in the A&E department, have voted to accept a new offer covering pay, sick pay and new protective equipment.
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