Solidarity 188
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26 January will be the first protest of the new year, a walkout from schools all over the UK. The next protest will be three days later, on Saturday 29 January.
Solidarity 3/188, 12 January 2011
Students restart the movement
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My life at work: "People know hard fights are coming but are cynical about fighting"
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Rob Ottway is a railway worker in eastern England.
Kirklees pushes back cuts
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With over 100,000 local government jobs under threat, both council bosses and council workers are preparing for war.
London Underground: "Strategies driven by the rank-and-file"
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AWL member Janine Booth has recently become the first woman ever to hold the London Transport regional seat on the RMT’s Executive.
Jail used to intimidate protesters
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Edward Woollard, the student who threw a fire extinguisher off the roof of Tory party HQ at the 10 November student demonstration, hurting no-one, has been sentenced to 32 months in jail.
Scottish anti-cuts campaign
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A Scotland-wide anti-cuts federation will be launched at a conference being held in Glasgow on 29 January.
London fire dispute
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An agreement to end the London firefighters’ dispute over shifts is due to be signed on 13 January.
UNISON oppose NHS pay freeze
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Unison’s Health Service Group Executive (SGE) on 10 January voted down a miserly offer from NHS Employers.
Jobcentre Plus benefits workers to strike against casualisation
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After over a year of prevaricating, the PCS leadership have finally called strike days around the Jobcentre Plus (DWP) “TPIP” (Telephony and Processing Implementation Project) on 20th and 21st January.