Workplace notes
Fawley Refinery Workers voted to strike at Fawley Refinery near Southampton on 8th April. The refinery is owned by Exxon. The forthcoming strike
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Workplace
P&O workers – determined to fight on
Kent ACG attended the RMT demo in Dover on Saturday. About the same number of people as the previous weekend (roughly 200). No
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Sheerness workers defeat fire and rehire but…
Over thirty workers who process Volkswagen Group vehicles at Sheerness Docks fought back against plans by their employers, GB Terminals, to change minimum
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Scunthorpe Scaffolding Workers Remain Determined
Scaffolding workers employed by Actavo have been taking strike action since last autumn. The 62 workers are based at the British Steel site
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Going off the rails
London Underground Strike In a ballot, which closed on February 4th, of over ten thousand members of the RMT union across all grades
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Chep Strike, Manchester
Workers at the major makers of pallets, Chep UK, based in Trafford Park, Manchester, went out on indefinite strike from December 17th 2021.
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Stuart delivery workers: the struggle continues!
Stuart delivery workers in Sheffield, Chesterfield and Sunderland are participating in what is now the longest ever gig economy strike in the UK.
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Scottish Teachers Overwhelmingly Reject Pay Offer by 98% in EIS Vote
Source: Zero for Conduct Teachers in Scotland have voted overwhelming to reject the latest pay offer from Scotland’s local authorities and the Scottish
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Next Round of Uni Strikes and Bradford and Queen Mary’s Effective Lock-outs
From the eduction workers’ soapbox, Zero for Conduct The next round of strike action at UK Universities starts on Valentine’s Day, with workers
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Exploitation of young workers
An inside view of zero hours contracts for young people A young ACG member investigates… With 3.62 million young people being employed, and
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