British Airways staff have voted to strike over a long-running dispute with the troubled flag carrier. Without a crew, flights will not be quite the same, says Jonathan Guthrie
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FT on 11th Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
On Monday 13 June, 70 UNISON / UNITE members working as street cleaners will start a 7 day strike. They will join 170 UNISON / UNITE members already on strike, 40 Parking Enforcement, 20 Itchen Bridge Toll Collectors and 110 Refuse Collectors. The 13th June will be the one day that all four sections will be on strike. Also on 13 June, 250 Cleaners working for Medirest at Southamp...
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UnionFutures on 6th Jun 2011 (via unionfutures.blogspot.com)
AROUND 100 RMT train conductors working at London Midland depots at Bletchley, Northampton and Watford will begin the first of two 24-hour strikes just after midnight tonight after the company failed to settle a long-running dispute over Sunday working. The conductors will also strike on Monday after voting overwhelmingly for action over attempts to pressure staff
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SocialistUnity on 12th Mar 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
Teachers' representatives call for a strike ballot if Scottish education authorities press changes to their working conditions.
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BBCPolitics on 12th Nov 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
OVER 2,000 classroom assistants took part in a solid one-day strike across Northern Ireland on 26 September against a pay cut and attacks on working conditions. They came out again on 2 October, starting a three-day strike.
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LabourUnionDigest on 14th Jul 2008 (via socialistparty.org.uk)
Thousands of staff working in government offices and job centres are set to take part in a national civil service strike.
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BBCPolitics on 26th Feb 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Holidaymakers face disruption as immigration officials working for the UK Border Agency vote for strike action.
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BBCPolitics on 27th Jul 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
The NASUWT teachers union has voted to go on strike over pensions and working conditions, but says a walk out with other public sector workers on 30 November is "not inevitable".
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BBCPolitics on 18th Nov 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
MORE than 300 workers at a Jobcentre Plus call centre in Scotland will continue a 48-hour strike today in a row over working conditions.
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Scotsman on 21st Jan 2011 (via news.scotsman.com)
Burston Strike School RallySunday 6th September 2009, 11:00am to 4:00pm Church Green, Burston, Norfolk. Nearest BR: Diss. The Burston Strike School Rally is organised by Unite with the support of the SERTUC and the Burston Strike School Trustees. Come to Burston to commemorate the longest strike in history, and to celebrate the people who continue to fight for trade union rights, working class edu...
from mayorwatch The RMT union has announced the dates for strike action by members working on the Docklands Light Railway. Earlier this week the union announced members had voted in favour of both strike action and “action short of a strike” in a dispute with DLR operator Serco Docklands over new pension arrangements and the introduction of
