on-the-job action
Air traffic controllers on unofficial overtime ban
Thirty two flights were delayed at Dublin airport last night due to an unofficial overtime ban by air traffic controllers.
Air traffic controllers said that no new employees have been hired since the 9-11 attacks over six years ago. Around a hundred workers work on a 24-hour roster.
Wales: Paramedics in unofficial overtime ban
Ambulance crews covering south east Wales are refusing to work any overtime for four weeks to highlight staff shortages in the service.
The BBC reported that paramedics say they are worried that patient safety is being compromised because the service is dependant on their willingness to work extra hours.
It is understood hundreds of staff in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan will take part in the unofficial action.
The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust said it was trying to address concerns.
UK: Public service strike enters second day
70,000 workers at Jobcentres, benefits offices, the Pension Service and Child Support Agency (CSA) are on strike for a second day over the imposition of a below inflation pay offer.
The two day strike called by PCS members working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), follows the imposition of a below inflation pay offer which sees the lowest paid receiving increases which take their wage to only 24 pence above the minimum wage and approximately 40% of staff set to receive a 0% pay increase next year.
Israel: Unofficial action disrupts flights
An unofficial go-slow by airline workers has grounded a number of flights in Israel over the past week.
Workers at Eilat-based Arkia Airlines have been staging the work-to-rule as part of an on-going dispute with management. A number of flights have had to be cancelled recently owing to "technical difficulties".
In reality, airline staff have decided amongst themselves to make things as difficult as possible for the company to operate smoothly until demands over pay and conditions are met.
Royal Mail strikes suspended for talks as work to rule continues
Royal Mail and the CWU leadership announced the suspension of strike action for three weeks for talks. Meanwhile, on the job and unofficial action continues.
Postal workers were just about to resume a second two weeks of rolling strike action, which has already built up 10-14 days backlog at Royal Mail depots around the country.
UK: Coca-Cola workers strike over pay
Workers at a Coca-Cola plant have begun a 48-hour strike, followed by an overtime ban, after rejecting a below-inflation pay rise.
Staff voted to strike in a ballot last month, and join a wave of public and private sector disputes this year over below-inflation pay rises.
Postal workers to escalate strike action
Two weeks of continuous disruption will hit Royal Mail as rotating strike action is planned by the postal workers union CWU.
Although postal workers will individually take 2 days of strike action in the next two weeks, the strikes announced mean that there will be two weeks of continuous disruption to mail services.
The strikes call out separate functions nationally on different days and the timing is aimed at maximising the impact on mail.
1977: The great Northampton General Hospital lie in
A short history of a successful example of creative direct action against healthcare rationing in a British hospital.
30 years ago: Rita Ward and the Great Northampton Hospital ‘lie-in”
We hear a lot these days about the ‘creeping privatisation’ of the NHS. We have a Labour government committed to turning our free National Health Service into just another business along the lines of the American model, which sees poor people refused medical treatment because they can’t afford it.
Trinidad: Nurses on work-to-rule
Nurses have been told to work to rule at medical institutions from today.
It came yesterday as the Public Services Association criticised what it called the "reckless behaviour" of Health Minister John Rahael following the dismissal of two of the nurses involved in an incident during where baby Justin Paul was burnt at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
Bin workers fight cuts with unofficial work to rule
Refuse collectors in Breckland began taking on-the-job action on Monday in a dispute over job cuts.
The Watton and Swaffham Times reported that rubbish is mounting up outside homes in Breckland because binmen are locked in an industrial dispute.
Waste went uncollected at a number of properties on Monday and there are fears the bin backlog could spread to other homes in the district after its rubbish collection teams began a “work to rule”.
