Proposed industrial action by members of the Fire Brigades’ Union will see a 47-hour strike centered on November 5. The move, which clearly puts lives at risk by diminishing fire coverage on the busiest night of the year, has been described as ‘profoundly wrong’ and …
Staff at the National Gallery are on their second day of strikes over complaints of low pay. Yesterday saw them campaigning for several hours outside the art gallery in Trafalgar Square. The strike meant that all but five of the 66 exhibition rooms were closed. …
Bus drivers are once again on strike, affecting 58 routes through East London. Members of the Unite union will strike until 3am on Sunday. Routes through Barking, Bow, Leyton, Romford, Upton Park and West Ham are most heavily affected. The industrial action comes in protest …
Having mulled it over earlier in the year, cleaning staff for Eurostar are pressing ahead with industrial action. They’ll drop their mops for six scheduled 24-hour stoppages through October and early December, after their employer, the Carlyle Group, refused to heed their (perhaps understandable) complaints …
Don’t count on your mail being delivered over the weekend. Workers are staging further industrial action between today and Tuesday. Londoners will see the worst effects today, with strikes spreading round the country over the following days. In all, an estimated 25,000 workers will potentially …
by Scarlet Thread Thursday update: Liverpool Street “A Ghost Town” A strike planned for tomorrow, Thursday 30th July, by members of the RMT and Aslef unions is likely to bring most National Express East Anglia services out of Liverpool Street to a halt, and lead …
Tube strike approaching, but not that kind… 700 London Underground cleaners will walk out for a 24 hour strike scheduled to start at 6.50pm this evening with a second walk-out set for 1 July which will last 48 hours. Such specific timing for the start …
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