20,000 Birmingham council workers to strike 20,000 GMB, UNISON, AMICUS, TGWU (Unite) and UCATT members will strike alongside teachers and lecturers against council plans to use ‘Single…
Lecturers to join teachers' strike College lecturers in England have voted to strike on Thursday 24 April in support of a demand to bring their pay up to that of schoolteachers.
Poland: Three labour conflicts highlight the state's animosity towards Workers Currently there are many labour conflicts in Poland, including various forms of strikes and protest. Almost 20 years after Poland's transition to a market economy, labour unrest is still strongest in the budget sector and in state-owned companies.
France: Students demonstrate in Paris Some 3000 school and university students marched through the streets of Paris today to show their continuing opposition to the LRU
France: More workers join strikes Hundreds of thousands of health workers, civil servants, printers postal workers and air traffic controllers yesterday joined transport and…
France: Schoolchildren join student and teacher strikes Across the country secondary school students are voting to join strikes in support of university…
Behind the unrest in France, 2007 Jef Costello examines the reasons behind the recent wave of strikes and university occupations in France.
France: classroom assistants strike for better conditions Classroom assistants in the Puy de Dome region launched a strike today, marching to the education…
France: more universities vote to strike Information is at a premium, with official channels giving reports that do not tally with experiences on the ground, with actions going…
Riot police attack the blockades at Nanterre university 13/11/2007 An account from one of those at the blockades, with a few minor edits and additions for clarity.
