THE Scottish Parliament suspended business today as thousands of public sector workers joined a second day of UK-wide strike action.

About 170,000 workers in Wales are on strike as part of UK-wide strike action over pension changes, with public services disrupted and most schools closed.

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...

THOUSANDS of public -sector workers across Scotland have gone on strike to demonstrate their opposition to the UK government's plans for pension reforms.

Thousands of public-sector workers in Scotland are taking strike action over pensions, with many government offices hit.

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...

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

Up to 270,000 civil and public servants from across the UK are set to launch a month of industrial action with a 48 hour strike on 8 and 9 March in a dispute over unilateral changes to redundancy terms,PCS announced today. Strike action could hit civil and public services every week of next month from Monday

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%

There are growing fears of a strike by hundreds of thousands of public sector workers as three unions prepare to announce the results of ballots for industrial action.