a response to the recent strike waves on workers liberty.org   Wildcat strike action has spread across the UK in support of a strike by construction workers at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire over an Italian firm getting a contract for part of the refitting work on the refinery. The Italian firm will use its permanent workforce of Italian workers.read more

by Gregor Gall Workers in Britain on strike against the refusal of employers to employ local labour: a sense of déjà vu? The very same engineering construction workers who went on strike against the exclusive use of imported foreign workers earlier this year are now doing it again. Their beef is not that British workers are being

Around 450 workers at the Shelter housing charity struck for 48 hours last week, and were were set to strike again on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The workers, members of the Unite union, are fighting against the imposition of longer hours and low pay. The strike was solid at offices around the country. Many of the workers reported that they are particularly concerned at how the changes wi...

Teachers are on strike. Civil servants are on strike. University lecturers are on strike. The Grangemouth refinery, which supplies much of Scotland with oil products, is on strike and closed down. Council workers striking. The Labour government is taking us back to the wild 1970s, when workers resorted to strike action against a Labour government in a destructive frenzy, which kept the UK firmly n...

London postal workers vote 'Yes' for strike action Postal workers in London have voted by four to one (79 per cent) in favour of strike action against plans to shut three mail centres and one delivery office in London. The Communication Workers Union is concerned that the closures will lead to compulsory redundancies. Up to 3,500 Royal Mail staff will take strike action unless reassuranc...

from the Plymouth Herald 600 WORKERS have walked out in a wildcat strike at Langage Power Station in protest at the use of foreign workers. Jerry Pickford, regional officer for Unite South West, said the workers had walked out in support of similar action across the rest of the UK. The union, which says it does not

This is from the Bolton News. There is a ballot on it asking if people support the strike, which currently shows 82% in favour. POSTAL workers are to stage a 24-hour strike on one of the busiest mail days of the year. Up to 400 workers at the Bolton Mail Centre in Farnworth will walk out on

Workers in six day centres for disabled people in Glasgow are balloting for an indefinite strike. The workers are employed by Glasgow council and are members of the Unison union. The ballot follows on from the successful indefinite strike of Glasgow council social care workers last month. Like the social care workers, day centre workers were downgraded in the council’s single status pay revi...

Around 100 postal workers at the Burslem delivery office in Stoke-on-Trent were set to commence a strike over Christmas in a long running campaign against a bullying management. The strike will run from Tuesday until Christmas and then from 27 December to New Year. Twelve workers including three union reps are facing the sack after bosses accused them of intimidating behaviour.

from the Buckingham Advertiser HOSPITAL workers across Buckinghamshire have voted to ballot on strike action after a two-year dispute about sick pay. More than 200 workers who are contracted to private firm Medirest for the NHS are expected to decided in the next couple of weeks whether to strike, amid widespread unhappiness about their terms of employment. Wycombe