Farm workers join South Africa strike wave
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The South African labour war spread to agriculture last week as farm workers struck against low wages and poor living conditions.
Strikes and lock-outs
Teachers step up action
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Teachers at South Shields Community School in Tyne and Wear struck on 7, 8, and 13 November, as part of a planned series of strikes which will also see action on 14 and 15 November.
New battle for John Lewis cleaners
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On Monday 12 November, the Industrial Workers of the World union (IWW) launched a fresh pay dispute on behalf of outsourced cleaners at John Lewis.
Greece: the coalition is crumbling
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Despite persistent rain, pre-demo arrests, blockage of roads, and the threat of police truncheons and gas, the protest outside parliament at Syntagma Square on the 7 November, the second day of a 48-hour general strike, was one of Greece’s biggest ever demonstrations.
The first European general strike in history
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Wednesday 14 November, the day this paper goes to press, will see the first Europe-wide general strike in history.
John Lewis cleaners in new pay dispute
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From the IWW website here.
Teachers strike against Academies
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Teachers in Worthing (near Brighton) and Leytonstone (east London) have struck to stop their schools becoming Academies.
Striking for pensions and travel pass equality
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Tube Lines maintenance and engineering workers held a lively picket line at the Stratford Market Place depot in east London as they struck to win pensions and travel pass equality.
European strike on 14 November
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14 November will see Europe’s first ever continent-wide general strike.
Remploy workers fight on
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Over a fortnight since their last 24-hour strike (22 October) workers in the Remploy factory in Springburn (Glasgow) are still waiting to find out the fate of their workplace.