Industrial news in brief
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The British Medical Association (BMA), the professional association for doctors, has begun balloting its 103,000 members for industrial action.
Against victimisation
Reinstate Dayna Nembhard!
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Tube worker Dayna Nembhard was racially abused in a branch of fast food outlet KFC after a shift at work on London Underground.
Industrial news in brief
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550 workers could lose their jobs as British Gas plans to close its Southampton centre.
Deeside picket next in Bootle lock-out fight
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Four of the 149 workers locked out of the Mayr Melnhof Packaging plant in Bootle near Liverpool have been sacked following sham disciplinary procedures.
Sites of struggle: organising in construction
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On 4 March 2012, the long-held suspicions of hundreds of trade union activists in the construction industry were confirmed when it was revealed that the British state had been colluding with construction contractors to prevent union activists from getting work.
More strikes on Heathrow Express
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Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union (RMT) working for Heathrow Express will strike again on 24 and 25 March as they attempt to end management victimisation of trade union activis
State colludes with bosses to blacklist workers
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Information has emerged that implicates the police and intelligence services in a comprehensive operation to help construction industry employers monitor and ultimately blacklist radical workers.
Reinstate Alberto Durango!
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The Industrial Workers of the World Cleaners and Allied Grades Branch Secretary Alberto Durango has been sacked from his job at the Heron Tower in London by the contractor Incentive FM Group Ltd.
Cleaner trade unionist sacked: reinstate Alberto Durango!
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The Industrial Workers of the World Cleaners and Allied Grades Branch Secretary Alberto Durango was today sacked from his job at the Heron Tower by the contractor Incentive FM Group Ltd.
Heathrow Express strike ballot
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Workers on the Heathrow Express (HEX), which provides fast services between central London and Heathrow Airport, began a strike ballot on 19 January.