Negotiations between Western graduate TAs and university stall as strike hits day 11

Negotiations between Western graduate TAs and university stall as strike hits day 11

Flanked by major union players from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario Federation of Labour, graduate-level teaching assistants (GTAs) at Western University remain on the picket line. According... Read more »
Ambulance workers to strike in South London and Surrey

Ambulance workers to strike in South London and Surrey

Ambulance care assistants employed by Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly to strike Members of GMB, the union for NHS and ambulance workers, have voted almost 94 per cent... Read more »
PSAC members at Western University on strike

PSAC members at Western University on strike

Spring undergraduate exams have begun under the backdrop of a strike at Western University. For now, writing sessions continue. Two thousand teaching assistants, members of Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local... Read more »
Sifto salt workers on strike

Sifto salt workers on strike

It is day one of possibly many days on the picket line for security guards at the world’s largest salt mine in Goderich, Ont. “Our main issue is wages. Minimum wage is... Read more »
Tube strike – live: London underground walkout cancelled after last minute TfL talks

Tube strike – live: London underground walkout cancelled after last minute TfL talks

Strikes by London Underground workers suspended Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Strikes by London Underground workers which would... Read more »
Is this football’s fastest EVER goal? South London non-league club claim to have set a world record with a strike timed at just 2.31 seconds

Is this football’s fastest EVER goal? South London non-league club claim to have set a world record with a strike timed at just 2.31 seconds

A South London club posted a video of a goal they scored after 2.31 seconds They believe they may have broken the record for the world’s fastest ever goal IAN LADYMAN: If... Read more »
Delivery Riders Strike and South London ‘Dark Kitchens’

Delivery Riders Strike and South London ‘Dark Kitchens’

Notes from Below report on the recent food delivery riders strike: ‘On Friday 2 February thousands of food delivery riders, demanding a pay rise, took strike action against all of the apps,... Read more »
Bus controllers to begin strike this week in South London after rejecting pay offer | Local News | News | Twickenham Nub News

Bus controllers to begin strike this week in South London after rejecting pay offer | Local News | News | Twickenham Nub News

Bus control room workers in South London will strike on six separate dates starting this week after rejecting a 5% pay rise. Around 40 staff who work at Abellio depots in Battersea and... Read more »
Middle East crisis – latest: Houthis respond after US carries out new strike in Yemen; 1,700 police officers on London streets for major protest | World News

Middle East crisis – latest: Houthis respond after US carries out new strike in Yemen; 1,700 police officers on London streets for major protest | World News

Anyone chanting ‘jihad’ at protest should be arrested, UK government adviser says Pro-Palestinian protesters who chant “jihad” during today’s demonstration should be arrested, the government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption... Read more »
Strike Halts Eurostar Channel Tunnel Service Between London and Europe

Strike Halts Eurostar Channel Tunnel Service Between London and Europe

Rail traffic under the English Channel was gradually returning to normal on Thursday after the end of an unexpected walkout by railway workers that had blocked the Channel Tunnel, stranding passengers and... Read more »