UNISON members employed in the Street Scene Department of Leeds City Council have voted for both strike action and action short of strike action in a dispute over rates of pay. Members of the GMB union have also voted for action. Both unions will begin action short of strike action on 27th...

FDA union reports 81 per cent those balloted support industrial action and it was likely that they would strike as part of TUC day of action

Not that I am the first with the news but PCS have announced a ballot of their public sector membership for discontinuous strike action over pay, based on a plan of action covering three months from November, when NUT members are also likely to be taking strike action. The PCS campaign video is...

"We need action and action now". So said the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne in a speech today designed to counter Labour's repeated assertion that the Conservatives are the "do nothing" party. The action that should be taken, he argues, should focus on monetary policy (measures to get the banks lending again), not fiscal policy (cuts in taxes and higher spending). To make his case he seizes...

Fossil Fools Day was such a great sucess - Now is not the time to pause for breath, now is the time to continue building out networks, continue skill sharing and continue taking action! And here are the dates of the next two Days of Action on Climate Change, called by the Network for Climate Action in co-operation with the Rising Tide Network and the Camp for Climate Action. 1st May - Mayday Mayda...

Union ballot results: AEP 64% for strike action ASPECT 75.1% for strike action ATL (30 June ballot mandate still valid) CSP 86% England & Wales for strike action (89.1% Scotland) FDA 81% for strike action GMB 83.7% for strike action NAHT 75.8% for strike action NUT (30 June ballot mandate still valid) PCS (30 June ballot mandate still valid) Prospect 75% for strike action SCP 85.3%

It's hard to say the title to this blog post without thinking of Gordon Brown. Darling and Brown inform us that getting out of this recession depends on co-ordinated global action. I disagree, but if you accept that global action is what is needed, the rational course of action would be to free-ride. All economies are suffering and will continue to do so for some time. We should allow others ...

A law firm has set up an action group for former News of the World staff to examine whether they can take legal action against the newspaper

National E.On F.Off Actions Round Up Over the past 48 hours E.on has been targeted across the UK. If your action is not listed below, email us (eon.foff@gmail.com) to let us know what happened where you were. Overall, the 48 hours of action was a great first shot across the bows. E.On were rattled, local and national media took an interest, resources were gathered and are now ready to go, a new we...

There is a place in the world for direct action. In places where free speech is banned, where human rights abuse go on in an unchecked way and where democracy is only a dream direct action can be the only way of registering your opinion. However, when it comes to the UK, a democracy, I have always been firmly of the opinion that direct action, or low level terrorism is the last stand of those who ...