strikes

Council workers to ballot for strike action

Steven. — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:25:44 +0000

The offer is for a 2.45% increase, with an additional £100 flat rate increase on the very lowest three scale points.

Science museum in strike ballot

Steven. — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:57:36 +0000

The ballot for industrial action will open on Friday May 16 and close on June 2nd

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) working for the National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI) are furious that a below inflation pay offer has been imposed on them at a successful time for the museum.

Ofsted workers latest to strike over pay

Steven. — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:43:55 +0000

Inspections of nurseries, children's care homes, childminding services and boarding schools will all be hit. Ofsted has imposed a below inflation pay deal along with a new pay structure, which members of UNISON and the PCS have rejected.

This is the latest public sector stoppage over sub-inflationary pay rises - real pay cuts

The Scum - comic about the Wapping strike, 1986

Steven. — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:00:58 +0000

Bus workers wildcat in Liverpool

Ed — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:34:49 +0000

At 6am when the wildcat strike was called, the entire 120-strong bus fleet at the Shaw Road depot was grounded. Drivers returned to work at 10.30am and normal services were resumed on all routes by lunchtime.

Jamaican electricity workers wildcat strike

Ed — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:59 +0000

The JPS reported last night that customers in sections of Clarendon, Manchester, St Ann, St Catherine, St Elizabeth, St James and St Thomas had lost their supply up to last night because of the action.

Dockworkers strike against war in America and Iraq

Ed — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:32:27 +0000

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union declared the day as "a day for union business" for workers at all 29 ports on the west coast. This may be the beginning of a record setting anti-war action, since the vast majority of supplies and munitions for the American government's current wars are shipped from the 29 ports on the West Coast. All 29 were closed today.

Stella Artois wildcat ends

Ed — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:18:10 +0000

InBev, the world's second-largest beer producer by volume, said on Monday that it had struck a deal with its Belgian workers to end a round of industrial action that had hampered its operations. The company has said in a statement that the agreement was positive for both itself and its workers.

Mexico: Corona bottle makers face redundancy for supporting independent union

Alan — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:38:21 +0000

The threat from Grupo Modelo in the Industrial Vidriera Potosí factory comes not long after the firing of over 250 workers for being involved with the activities of Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Empresa IVP (SUTEIVP).

Panic at oil pensions strike

Steven. — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:24:49 +0000

The government is warning consumers not to panic, as panic-buying of petrol has begun.

The strike of Unite members is against attacks on pensions, including closing the scheme to new entrants.

More information from Unite here.

More shoe factory strikes in Vietnam

catch — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:08:52 +0000

Rising food and consumer goods prices have led to a wave of strikes across Vietnam. The strike at Long An follows a strike and lockout of 17,000 workers in the same province last month.

French docks blockaded in strike action

Ed — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:38:07 +0000

Sixty-seven vessels including thirty-nine tankers stranded at the harbor's entrance. Government officials, port managers and union representatives are yet to tally the costs of the strike. A 17-day walkout last year in Marseille alone cost Manutention Generale Mediterraneenne, the port's biggest cargo- handler, €1.5 million ($2.4 million).

Health and postal strikes in Trinidad

Ed — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:36:11 +0000

Accident and Emergency staff carried out a mass sick day strike at San Fernando General Hospital on the 16th of April in protest at overcrowding. Overcrowding has gotten so bad at the hospital, that the asthma room, a room supposed to be dedicated for those awaiting emergency asthma treatment, is being used as a holding bay for those awaiting hospital beds.

100,000 civil servants to strike on April 24

Steven. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:14:08 +0000

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) stated that over 100,000 members will be on strike at the same time as other public sector workers, including teachers and lecturers in a one day strike on 24 April in protest at the government's policy to cap public sector pay to below inflation, which will result in cuts to living standards across the civil service.

Coastguards join day of strikes

Steven. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:55:04 +0000

The first strike in the history of the MCA on 6 March drew strong support hitting emergency and 999 distress calls and led to the closure of nearly half of the UK's 19 rescue co-ordination centres. The remainder operated on a severely reduced service and were staffed by a handful of managers.

April 24 – hundreds of thousands to walk out

Steven. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:35:14 +0000

Employer attacks on workers' pay is the main issue at stake.

Teachers in the NUT are walking out over their pay deal which was supposed to be revised when inflation rose, but the government refused: effectively cutting their wages.

Shelter charity workers to strike again

Steven. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:19:17 +0000

The strike will continue on 25 April, and will be the second two-day stoppage.

20,000 Birmingham council workers to strike

Steven. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:07:37 +0000

Council workers will be protesting against the new pay and grading system imposed by Birmingham council last week, affecting 40,000 staff.

UNISON has branded the structure discriminatory. Though it was designed to end wage inequalities, some workers will lose up to half their pay.

Lecturers to join teachers' strike

Steven. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:14 +0000

Lecturers in over 250 colleges were balloted by UCU. The UCU website states that the the result shows solid support for industrial action: 65.5% of those voting* supported strike action and 86.2% also supported other forms of industrial action short of a strike.

FIAT factory blockaded

mic — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:07:44 +0000

The mobilisation was organised by a workers committee, constituted independently from union membership. 99% of workers adhered to the strike, which was loosened on Monday 14th April when workers decided to only block gates for goods in an attempt to force the factory to a halt.