United Kingdom

Content about events and struggles in what is now the United Kingdom.

Report on London bus strike

Pickets have been out at the Metroline garages and depots since 4.00am this morning with early reports saying the strike has had solid support (TGWU press release).

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Under new management? The Fisher-Bendix occupation - Solidarity

Solidarity's excellent eyewitness account, with background information, of the Fisher-Bendix factory…

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London faces first bus strike for seven years

Frustration with a pay offer from London bus operator Metroline which is below the norm for the capital will mean the first bus strike in London…

Fire fighters in Britain on strike interview summary, 2002

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Employers who fail to pay employee tax and National Insurance

A guide for workers on dealing with employers who don't pay employee taxes or National Insurance…

Anti-fascist leafletters attacked in Morley

A group of Unite Against Fascism supporters in Yorkshire were attacked whilst leafleting against the British National Party.

A history of the 2003 UK postal workers' wildcat strike

A short history of the largely successful wildcat stoppage of thousands of postal workers in the UK,…

Cowley strikers, 2003

Wildcats return with a roar - postal wildcat strike, 2003

Article about the Royal Mail wildcat strike and other wildcat actions in the UK in 2003.

Construction: Struggle at Laing O’Rourke, Britain, 2004

The following article provides a short summary about a strike of building workers in London in…

Serviceair baggage handlers strike, Gatwick Airport, UK, 2004

Aviation: Two struggles in Britain and Belgium

Polish work gangs in Britain

This is the summary of a collectively revised discussion paper including fact briefing on the Crewe Polish migrant worker scandal and its possible solution, written by Martin Kraemer after helping out in translating between Crewe unionists and Polish migrant workers, June 2005.