Strikes in Further and Higher Education
The start of the new academic year has seen a number of strikes throughout both further (FE) and higher education (HE). On September
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Workplace Notes: strike news
Manchester TramsManchester Metrolink workers are set to strike on Sunday 10th October, the same day as the Manchester Marathon, over management’s poor pay
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School workers fight against Fire and Rehire
Valence Primary School in Dagenham, East London, is a community school run by the local Labour council. Management are now implementing fire and
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Fire and rehire at Douwe Egberts
As we have stated here on the ACG website, fire and rehire is a tactic increasingly being used against workers in Britain. This
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Workplace Notes
Bus Workers defeat fire and rehire The bosses of Go Ahead, the company that is big in public transport in Britain, has dropped
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Fire and Rehire at British Gas
British Gas are continuing with their attacks on gas workers, saying they will be sacked if they do not accept a new contract.
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The Budget: the ruling class looks after itself, again
Throughout the pandemic, we have seen how the working class has paid the price in terms of lives, physical and mental suffering, and
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Workplace notes
Gasworkers Strike As noted in earlier articles here on this website, 7,000 gas engineers employed by British Gas took industrial action for five
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Indian farmers create mass movement
Hundreds of thousands of farmers, many driving tractors or riding horses, converged on the Indian capital of New Delhi on Republic Day, January
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Workplace notes
Heathrow Workers at Heathrow Airport are preparing to strike over plans by bosses to fire and rehire all of the 4,000 workers, in
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