Making their minds up? Unions ballot for pension strikes For the third time in two years, the major unions have agreed to ballot for a general strike over public sector pensions.
Portugal: Pupils and workers oppose school closure Students, teachers and school employees have been protesting against the closure of D. João de Castro Secondary School in Lisbon.
Dinner ladies may strike A group of dinner ladies based in Hackney who claim they are being underpaid are threatening strike action.
German public sector strike grows German public sector workers expanded their week-old strike to most of the country on Monday in an escalating dispute over plans to make them work longer hours.
Glasgow: Mums occupy Carnwardic school against closure Determined mothers are undertaking a series of overnight occupations of their working class…
Ontario: Unofficial strike could begin Monday Public sector workers are set to walk off the job as early as Monday night, an illegal strike that would cripple government services in the province. The action is in response to a Bill which would break up workers' pension schemes.
Bosses' hypocrisy on public sector pensions As 1.5 million workers gear up to strike over pensions, Iain MacKay reports on the hypocrisy of blaming public workers for company pension-gouging
Glasgow mums' school sit-in In Glasgow on Friday, a sit-in protest was organised by mums at Carnwadric Primary school to protest against its closure.
Virgin Islands sports coach wildcat gets results School sports coaches in St Thomas, in the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean have ended their four month long wildcat strike.
India: Manipur state shut down by general strike Routine life came to a standstill in Manipur following a 16-hour "lightning general strike" called by three students' organisations.
1.5 million may strike over pensions Workers in nine different unions are to be balloted for strike action over Whitehall plans to alter the local government pensions scheme.
