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Angry members of the Unite union London and Eastern construction branch blocked all the entrances to the main HS2 site in Euston, north London, on Friday last week. Employers Skanksa and Costain are accused by the union of failing to meet their agreed obligations negotiated some time ago. These include …

Royal Mail workers in Bootle on Thursday (Pic: John Carr) Hundreds of postal workers at a major Royal Mail hub have joined an unofficial strike over racism and victimisation. Members of the CWU union at the Warrington mail centre—which distributes post across the north west—walked out on Friday morning. They …

  Greece hit by further 24-hour strike; Strikes and protests continue in South Africa Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 4 October 2019 Europe Greece hit by further 24-hour general strike A 24-hour strike took place in Greece on Wednesday by GSEE and ADEDY union members to protest anti-democratic …

POSTAL workers in Merseyside walked out on a wildcat strike for a second day today after a manager allegedly made a racist comment to a Muslim colleague. Around 50 Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) members at Bootle and Seaforth delivery office walked off the job and picketed outside their depot in protest …

Merseyside post workers rallying in support of their union’s national strike ballot (Pic: @CWUnews/Twitter) Postal workers in Merseyside walked out on unofficial strike on Wednesday over claims a manager made a racist comment to a Muslim worker. It was a great display of anti-racist solidarity. CWU union members at the …

Merseyside postal workers rally to get the vote out (Pic: @CWUnews/Twitter) Postal workers are going all out to win a strike ballot and then resist attacks from their Royal Mail bosses. Over 100,000 of them in the CWU union are voting in a ballot that closes on 15 October. They …

  Greek civil servants strike; UK postal workers strike ballot; South African bank workers to walk out Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 27 September 2019 Europe Greek civil servants and transport workers hold 24-hour strike Around half a million Greek civil servants held a 24-hour strike Tuesday. The …

The outcome will decide whether Royal Mail continues to exist as a public service—or is smashed up and run down for profiting billionaires. Source link

  Slovenian pilots strike; Paris, France rail and metro strike Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 13 September 2019 Europe Slovenian pilots take strike action Pilots in Slovenia at Adria airways walked out for three days, from September 8 to September 10, after their collective bargaining agreement expired. More …

Protests have demanded, ‘Tories out’ – we need more of this (Pic: Socialist Worker) The chaos in the British establishment has exposed the swamp that is parliament and British democracy. This week Tory leader Boris Johnson prorogued parliament—shutting it down to avoid scrutiny of his Brexit manoeuvres. And instead of …