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Unite calls on Londoners to march on Saturday to save the NHS 'from ruin' [Unite] 2013-05-17
England Blacklisted worker needs re-constructive surgery after hit-and-run on demo [Daily Deadnought] 2013-05-17
Fig leaf for slashing the fire service [FBU] 2013-05-17
Campaign of strikes and protests by PCS continues tomorrow [15 May] with a strike by environment staff [PCS] 2013-05-15
Up to 300 security staff at the Houses of Parliament will strike over shifts [PCS] 2013-05-13
How much would it cost to double garment workers wages in Bangladesh? [TUC] ActNOW! 2013-05-11
Doubling the wages of a Bangladeshi textile worker would add just 2p to the cost of a t-shirt, says TUC [TUC] ActNOW! 2013-05-10
England Massive yes votes for four tube strikes [UnionNews] 2013-05-10
England Brighton wildcat pay dispute goes official [UnionNews] 2013-05-10
Unions slam National Express over anti-union policy [ITF] For more info 2013-05-10
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England Working class heroine Julia Varley to get blue plaque in Birmingham 2013-05-18 [The Post]
TUC Aid: Dhaka textile factory disaster appeal ActNOW! 2013-05-18 [Just Giving]
Persuade Gap and Debenhams to sign up for factory safety ActNOW! 2013-05-18 [Stronger Unions]
Justice for trade unionists murdered in Guatemala 2013-05-18 [TUC]
Any given Saturday: racism in English football 2013-05-17 [Equal Times]
Sir Ken Knight's report provides cover for more damaging fire service cuts, warns TUC 2013-05-17 [TUC]
Home-working on the increase despite the recession, says TUC 2013-05-17 [TUC]
England London - Tube drivers to take action over attack on working conditions 2013-05-17 [RMT]
Help fight pensions inequality 2013-05-17 [PCS]
Northern Ireland NUJ condemns new death threats to journalists 2013-05-17 [UnionNews]
England Pickets protest at Propaganda exhibition press night 2013-05-17 [PCS]
England Overground security and safety staff on strike today 2013-05-17 [UnionNews]
Firefighters take step towards strike action over pensions 2013-05-17 [UnionNews]
Scotland EIS says Fife teacher job losses claim is 'difficult to accept' 2013-05-17 [The Courier]
Union sets up its own school inspectorate as alternative of Ofstead 2013-05-17 [Guardian]
Blacklisting campaigners mown down in hit & run 2013-05-17 [Morning Star]
Virgin Trains workers could go on strike in the row over new uniforms that are said to be too ‘skimpy’ 2013-05-16 [Metro]
England RBS to cut a further 1,400 jobs 2013-05-16 [BBC]
Police probe after man suffers broken leg during trade union protest 2013-05-16 [Manchester Evening News]
Audit Office has ‘narrow view’ on HS2, says union 2013-05-16 [ASLEF]
England Anti-blacklist campaigner run over at Manchester demo 2013-05-16 [Industrial Reporter]
Turning point charity bullies own staff 2013-05-16 [UNISON]
Unemployment high, wages low - life in Tory Britain 2013-05-16 [PCS]
Walkouts by British Library workers on Thursday [16] and Friday 2013-05-16 [PCS]
RMT to ballot for action over 'undignified and degrading' Virgin rail staff uniforms 2013-05-16 [RMT]
State-run rail line made more profit 2013-05-16 [The Journal]
A minister to offer protection from government 2013-05-15 [ASLEF]
Pay dispute at DB Tyne and Wear Metro 2013-05-15 [ASLEF]
Northern Ireland Trade unions to join with civic groups in march and festival during G8 summit 2013-05-15 [ICTUNI]
Union Outraged Over Aviva’s India Outsourcing Plans 2013-05-15 [IBTimes]
Household incomes in the UK are falling behind their European neighbours 2013-05-15 [TUC]
New pensions consensus needs further changes to deliver adequate retirement incomes, says TUC 2013-05-15 [TUC]
‘No pay for charity interns’ breeds elitism, says new report For more info 2013-05-15 [Unite]
Interns in the Voluntary Sector - Time to end exploitation 2013-05-15 [InternAware and Unite]
Usdaw Backs Call for Retailers to Sign Up to Bangladesh Accord 2013-05-14 [Usdaw]
England Brighton refuse collections resume after strike 2013-05-14 [BBC]
Scotland Museums close as part of three-day strike action 2013-05-14 [STV]
£30bn infrastructure spend could boost growth and reduce long-term debt levels 2013-05-14 [TUC]
UK has a shortfall of 395,000 jobs for young adults, says TUC 2013-05-14 [TUC]
Unite accuses Aviva of betraying UK workforce by offshoring 600 back office processing jobs to India 2013-05-13 [Unite]
CWU puts measures in place for strike over O2 outsourcing 2013-05-13 [Mobile News]
Northern Ireland Bus Eireann services hit by strike 2013-05-13 [Belfast Telegraph]
Strike ballot takes off for RAF workers over 2p pay rise 2013-05-13 [UnionNews]
England Unite opens community centre in Tower Hamlets 2013-05-13 [UnionNews]
FBU to vote on immediate strike ballot over pension cuts 2013-05-13 [UnionNews]
Trade union leaders in Bangladesh accuse British retailer Primark of compensation delays ActNOW! 2013-05-13 [The Telegraph]
Peter Mandelson warns Labour over trade union influence 2013-05-13 [The Independent]
Unite union accused of manipulating Labour selection procedures 2013-05-13 [The Observer]
Northern Ireland Strike affects Bus Eireann cross-border services 2013-05-12 [BBC]
This month in labour history
4-05-1926 For the first and so far only time in British history, the TUC calls millions of workers out in a general strike, in support of coal miners. [more]
5-05-1882 Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette and revolutionary socialist, is born. [more]
10-05-1920 Dockers refused to load arms shipments to be used by White armies in Russia. [more]
30-05-1984 Miners leader Arthur Scargill, along with 81 other pickets, is arrested at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire. [more]