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UVW private school cleaners' strike is off now cos they've won:
www.uvwunion.org.uk

Cleaners at the prestigious James Allen’s Girls School halt strike after pay deal

UVW
www.uvwunion.org.uk

Outsourced jobcentre security staff announce more strike dates:
www.pcs.org.uk

Further strike action announced in G4S dispute

The jobcentre security guards will take another 14 days of strike action in September.
www.pcs.org.uk www.pcs.org.uk

And passport staff at Heathrow striking over a new roster:
www.pcs.org.uk

Survey shows the stress and problems caused by roster at Heathrow

A survey of PCS members on Passport Control has revealed the issues affecting members and why they are taking strike action.
www.pcs.org.uk www.pcs.org.uk
Also, volunteers wanted for an attempt at organising in hospitality:
GAILS's campaign volunteers sign-up
We want to invite you to get involved in a new Organise Now campaign that moves from supporting workers who reach out to us, to actively building a campaign at a company: GAIL’s! We’ve chosen GAIL’s because it is a non-union hospitality chain. It is expanding rapidly and there is leverage that workers can build both in-store and in the supply chain. The aim of the campaign is as follows: to develop a worker campaign at GAIL’s related to pay and conditions, to support GAIL’s workers building power in the workplace, to develop a trade union structure to support GAIL’s workers bargaining and negotiating with the employer, and to seek recognition of BFAWU at GAIL’s

To do this, we need to speak to workers and build public support. Our aim is to do as many GAIL’s workplace visits as possible, aiming to build relationships and understand the issues in the workplace. We will use novel social media targeting alongside this to build up contacts at GAIL’s. We then need experienced coaches who can tailor their support to GAIL’s workers. Once all this is in place, we will go public with a worker-led campaign. To make this campaign a success, we need volunteers with experience like you. Do you want to get involved in unionising GAIL’s?

Sign up below for our first meeting at 6pm, Thursday 12th of September
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Outsourced workers at Sheffield First Bus depot to strike on 12, 20, 24, 30 September and 8, 9,16, 17, 24 and 25 October.

Sheffield Veolia refuse workers have also been out on indefinite strike since 20th August over union recognition.

Colchester NHS staff to strike against outsourcing plans from 10-14 September.
On that last one:
Please send messages of solidarity to branch@ciah-unison.co.uk.

And if you’re able to send financial support to the strikers, please send it to:

UNISON Colchester & Ipswich Area Health
UNITY Bank
Sort code: 60-83-01;
Account number: 20403881
Reference: STRIKE
 
hitmouse said:
UVW asking people to write to the Natural History & Science Museum bosses asking them to negotiate with staff ahead of a potential strike:
www.uvwunion.org.uk

Write to Wilson James and the Natural History, Science and V&A museum bosses asking them to negotiate

Support the security guards and help keep the museums open and avoid strike action by writing to Wilson James and the museums by completing the form below
www.uvwunion.org.uk
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I filled out the form. I only saw your post because I am thinking of visiting the sciecne museum next week, and did a search to see if their were any posts about it.
 
PTK said:
I filled out the form. I only saw your post because I am thinking of visiting the sciecne museum next week, and did a search to see if their were any posts about it.
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I have just discovered that, although it is still free to visit the Science Museum, you have to book a ticket in advance, specifying a half hour period on a particular day. I will be in London next week for an appointment, but I have not much idea what time I would want to go to the Museum. Why are these things so complicated? No wonder they don't care about paying higher wages to the guards.
 
Vote To accept recent deal:

ASLEF:

YES 10,971 (96.58%), NO 389 (3.42%), Turnout 11,365 (88.53%)
 
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UVW fundraiser party for the striking museum guards in mid-October:
www.uvwunion.org.uk

[Sat 19 Oct, 5pm till late] Strike solidarity party

UVW
www.uvwunion.org.uk

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Party to celebrate our wins and fundraise for our strikes! 🔥


Have fun and help us fund our next fight!


Are you ready to party to support museum security guards and all our comrades on strike?


Join us for an evening of solidarity, fun and comradeship with BBQ, music, raffle, drinks and dancing. All proceeds will go to the UVW strike fund.


Let’s come together to celebrate our members’ recent victories, including at JAGS school, while gearing up for the next fight in the Natural History and Science museums!


There might even be a giant piñata! 🪅
 
Outsourced caterers and cleaners striking at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in East Kilbride on 24, 25 and 26 September, and a further 8 days of walkouts on 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22 and 24 October.

The G4S DWP dispute continues, asking for people to support picket lines on the following days this coming week:

Monday

  • Birkenhead – Brunswick House, Price Street, 8am
  • Bradford – Westfield House, 9am
  • Grimsby - Bridge House, Victoria Street, 8-10.30am
  • Handsworth – Jobcentre Plus, 9.30-11am
  • Middleton – Jobcentre Plus, Othen House, Oldham Road, 7am
  • Oldham – Tweedale House, Union Street, 9am
  • Pudsey jobcentre, 8.30am
  • St Helens - Gregson House, 8.15-10am
  • Sheffield - Hillsborough Jobcentre, Cavalry and Lancer Court, 639-641 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GG
Tuesday

  • Birkenhead – Brunswick House, Price Street, 8am
  • Bradford – Westfield House, 9am
  • Grimsby - Bridge House, Victoria Street, 8-10.30am
  • Middleton – Jobcentre Plus, Othen House, Oldham Road, 7am
  • Oldham – Tweedale House, Union Street, 9am
  • St Helens - Gregson House, 8.15-10am
  • Sheffield - Bailey Court Jobcentre, 112 West Street, Sheffield, S1 3SY
  • Walsall - Bridle Court Jobcentre Plus – 8.30-10am.
Wednesday

  • Birkenhead – Brunswick House, Price Street, 8am
  • Bradford – Westfield House, 9am
  • Grimsby - Bridge House, Victoria Street, 8-10.30am
  • Hanley - Jobcentre, Huntbach Street, 10am
  • Middleton – Jobcentre Plus, Othen House, Oldham Road, 7am
  • Oldham – Tweedale House, Union Street, 9am
  • St Helens - Gregson House, 8.15-10am
  • Sheffield - Cavendish Court, 9 Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DR.
Thursday

  • Birkenhead – Brunswick House, Price Street, 8am
  • Bradford – Westfield House, 9am
  • Grimsby - Bridge House, Victoria Street, 8-10.30am
  • Middleton – Jobcentre Plus, Othen House, Oldham Road, 7am
  • Oldham – Tweedale House, Union Street, 9am
  • St Helens - Gregson House, 8.15-10am
  • Sheffield - Hartshead Square, 1 Hartshead Square, Sheffield, S1 2FD
Friday

  • Birkenhead – Jobcentre Plus, Brunswick House, Price Street, 8am
  • Bradford – Westfield House, 9am
  • Grimsby - Bridge House, Victoria Street, 8-10.30am
  • Middleton – Jobcentre Plus, Othen House, Oldham Road, 7am
  • Oldham – Tweedale House, Union Street, 9am
  • St Helens – Gregson House, 8.15-10am
  • Sheffield - Kings Court, 80 Hanover Way, Sheffield, S3 7UF


Saturday

  • Bradford – Westfield House, 9am
  • Grimsby - Bridge House, Victoria Street, 8-10.30am
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First ever-strike by workers making Tetley Tea in Teesside (pleasing bit of alliteration there) to continue on Monday 23rd.

Food preparation workers at Bakkavor in Spalding, Lincolnshire, to start indefinite strike over low pay from Friday 27th on.

Oscar Mayer ready-meal staff in Wrexham in the middle of a strike over fire and rehire running from 12 September to 10 October.

Labour have of course promised to ban fire and rehire within their first 100 days, although they've not got around to it just yet.
 
Upcoming strike dates by Social Care Support Officers in Lancashire:
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Strike fund donations can be made at:
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NASUWT members to strike against school closures in Northumberland in October:
Further strike action confirmed at schools in Berwick, Tweedmouth and Wooler

If anyone's going to Troublemakers at Work on Saturday, that'll have a strike fundraiser afterparty:

Strike Fundraiser Party – Troublemakers At Work

troublemakersat.work troublemakersat.work

And Manchester mental health workers have just voted to strike, there doesn't seem to be any info on it other than on bloody shitter though:
The Manchester Early Intervention in Psychosis Service have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. Our first strike day is on Wednesday the 16th of October outside our based at Chorlton House, 70 Manchester Road, Chorlton, M21 9UN.
 
Sheffield bus depot workers to strike throughout October and November, with Doncaster depot workers balloting to potentially join them.

New strike days announced for jobcentre guards: "The new strike dates are from 1pm on 18 October to 11:59pm on 20 October, 1pm to 11.59pm on 21 October, from 1pm on 25 October to 11:59pm on 27th, 1pm to 11:59pm on 28 October and 1pm on 1 November to 11:59pm on 3 November, 1pm to 11:59pm on 4 November, 1pm on 8 November to 11.59pm on 10 November and 1pm to 11:59pm on 11 November."

Caterers and cleaners at the civil service offices in East Kilbride to take another six days' strike action this month.

Biomedical scientists in York, Scarborough & Bridlington to strike on the 7th and 11th.

Tata's Teesside Tetley Tea workers striking again on October 10th. And while it's a pleasingly alliterative sentence, does sound like the dispute is getting nasty:

Tensions were between workers and bosses were further inflamed when management called the police during previous industrial action, claiming the predominantly women strikers were being ‘intimidating’.

Police took no action and now the company has launched an injunction against them for trespass.

All-out strike action continues at Veolia in Sheffield.
 
BBC article on the mental health care crisis ahead of next week's strike:
www.bbc.co.uk

Mental health care service on its knees - Manchester doctor

Service users in Manchester are dying due to a serious lack of staff, claims Dr John Mulligan.
www.bbc.co.uk

Also, eCourier riders organised through the IWGB are balloting for strike action, wildly bonkers choice of font for their video though:



You can donate to their strike fund here, and thankfully the donation page only features that font a very minimal amount:
actionnetwork.org

RESPEITO E DIGNIDADE: Donate to the eCourier strike fund today!

For years, our company, eCourier, has been denying me and my colleagues our basic rights by illegally misclassifying us as independent contractors. In 2017, eCourier, owned by Royal Mail, were found to have broken the law in not classifying as workers, and committed to an internal investigation...
actionnetwork.org

Oh, and reminder that the UVW's strike solidarity party is just over a week away:
www.uvwunion.org.uk

[Sat 19 Oct, 5pm till late] Strike solidarity party

UVW
www.uvwunion.org.uk
 
hitmouse said:
Upcoming strike dates by Social Care Support Officers in Lancashire:
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Strike fund donations can be made at:
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NASUWT members to strike against school closures in Northumberland in October:
Further strike action confirmed at schools in Berwick, Tweedmouth and Wooler

If anyone's going to Troublemakers at Work on Saturday, that'll have a strike fundraiser afterparty:

Strike Fundraiser Party – Troublemakers At Work

troublemakersat.work troublemakersat.work

And Manchester mental health workers have just voted to strike, there doesn't seem to be any info on it other than on bloody shitter though:
The Manchester Early Intervention in Psychosis Service have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. Our first strike day is on Wednesday the 16th of October outside our based at Chorlton House, 70 Manchester Road, Chorlton, M21 9UN.
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The mental health strike is apparently now moved and will be happening at Prestwich Hospital, Bury New Road, M25 3BL instead.
 
From UVW:

Join the picket outside the Science Museum on 26 October at 10am


Saturday 26 October, 10am
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD

Outsourced migrant security guards at the Natural History and Science Museums are going on strike in a fight for fair pay and conditions, on the same day that thousands of far-right Tommy Robinson supporters will descend on central London. As an anti-racist union, United Voices of the World (UVW) are calling on members and supporters to take to the streets to join a lively picket outside the museums before marching together to join the national anti-fascist mobilisation.

Over 95% of the 70 security guards who are UVW members and employed by Wilson James across the Natural History and Science Museum have returned an overwhelming vote of 96% in favour of strike action. Despite multiple invitations for negotiation, Wilson James has repeatedly refused to engage in meaningful dialogue to discuss the guards demands for £16 per hour, full pay sick pay and increased annual leave.

At 10am on Saturday 26 October, security guards at the both museums will be holding a picket line and afterwards will be supporting a national anti-fascist mobilisation against the far-right hate preacher Tommy Robinson and his supporters, who are protesting in London that day. The fight for fair working conditions and the fight against racism and fascism are intertwined. We must stand together to defend our communities and uphold the dignity of all workers, regardless of their background.

UVW is calling on our members and supporters to:

 
Liverpool housing workers to strike on Wednesday 16th and 23rd:
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Hundreds of housing workers set to strike over pay row

Livv Housing workers have rejected a 5% pay offer and are set to stage a walkout
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Rally in Colchester on Saturday to support NHS staff striking against outsourcing:
eastern.unison.org.uk

No NHS sell-off | Events | UNISON Eastern

Cleaners, caterers, porters, housekeepers and other East Suffolk and North Essex support staff are striking to stay in the NHS. They want to defend the
eastern.unison.org.uk eastern.unison.org.uk

Unite continuing the fight against fire and rehire by Oscar Mayer in Wrexham.
 
 
I like to announce strikes to my students in this way
Our advice: don't travel to class without checking in here. Tell your pals!

Thank you to the people who've been keeping us up to date about planned strike action this week. Many of the train strikes have been called off when the employer offered to resume talks and make better deals with workers. Aslef will call its members out on strike on Thursday 7th November across the tube network and it's likely that no tube services will run. This is because their employer did not yet make a realistic offer.

We don't know yet if this will go ahead 100% as the threat of strike action can help bring employers back with a new offer. Incident: LU IA | National Rail
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Following a resounding 97% vote in favour of strike action by National Education Union members who teach in sixth form colleges, strike days have been announced across 32 colleges on the following dates: 28 November, 3 December and 4 December 2024.

More than 200 parking wardens to strike across three London Boroughs as last-ditch talks fail

Zero pay rise, no recognition and disrespect towards members has led to strike, says GMB
www.gmb-southern.org.uk www.gmb-southern.org.uk

www.pcs.org.uk

Ballot for targeted action to defend sacked PCS HMRC reps

PCS will ballot members in Employer Services, based at Benton Park View in Newcastle for industrial action, in defence of three sacked reps.
www.pcs.org.uk www.pcs.org.uk

www.pcs.org.uk

Further strike dates announced in Facilities Management disputes

The new dates will see strikes taking place during November and December and into 2025.
www.pcs.org.uk www.pcs.org.uk

PCS members employed by OCS as caterers and cleaners and employed by G4S as security officers at the FCDO at Abercrombie House in East Kilbride are set to strike for the month of December until 3 January.

PCS members employed by G4S as security officers, receptionists and pass office staff at a number of workplaces in London including Cabinet Office, Department for Business and Trade, the Canary Wharf Hub and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will take five more days of strike action in November (25 to 29) and a further five days in December (9 to 13).

Also found out that PCS have started doing these weekly round-ups of broader union activity:
www.pcs.org.uk

Union solidarity round-up 11 to 17 November

Read our round-up of union activity across the UK and from around the world.
www.pcs.org.uk www.pcs.org.uk

Unison Northwest strike dates this month:

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Some ITV coverage of the Manchester mental health dispute:
 
Science Museum guards to strike again this weekend:
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V&A and Harrods staff may also be striking again soon:
www.uvwunion.org.uk

V&A Museum security guards join the fight for fair pay!

UVW
www.uvwunion.org.uk
www.uvwunion.org.uk

“We call Scrooge”! Hundreds of Harrods workers preparing to strike over Xmas bonus and more!

UVW
www.uvwunion.org.uk


Also, Unite and Unison have both run ballots at Transport for Greater Manchester and got really impressive results:

Industrial action ballot results – Stop the Drop

stopthedrop.uk stopthedrop.uk

Both unions at Transport for Greater Manchester have informed the employer of the results of their industrial action ballots:
  • Unite members returned a 90% vote for strike on a 70% turnout.
  • UNISON members returned a 79.13% for strike and a 86.96% vote for action short of strike on an 80.42% turnout.
 
hitmouse said:
Science Museum guards to strike again this weekend:
View attachment 451737
V&A and Harrods staff may also be striking again soon:
www.uvwunion.org.uk

V&A Museum security guards join the fight for fair pay!

UVW
www.uvwunion.org.uk
www.uvwunion.org.uk

“We call Scrooge”! Hundreds of Harrods workers preparing to strike over Xmas bonus and more!

UVW
www.uvwunion.org.uk


Also, Unite and Unison have both run ballots at Transport for Greater Manchester and got really impressive results:

Industrial action ballot results – Stop the Drop

stopthedrop.uk stopthedrop.uk

Both unions at Transport for Greater Manchester have informed the employer of the results of their industrial action ballots:
  • Unite members returned a 90% vote for strike on a 70% turnout.
  • UNISON members returned a 79.13% for strike and a 86.96% vote for action short of strike on an 80.42% turnout.
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I've just posted about the science museum in the watches thread!
 
eCourier strike fund asking for donations:
actionnetwork.org

RESPEITO E DIGNIDADE: Donate to the eCourier strike fund today!

For years, our company, eCourier, has been denying me and my colleagues our basic rights by illegally misclassifying us as independent contractors. In 2017, eCourier, owned by Royal Mail, were found to have broken the law in not classifying as workers, and committed to an internal investigation...
actionnetwork.org

Guardian and Observer staff to strike over a lack of consultation around the Observer sale:
www.nuj.org.uk

Guardian & Observer journalists vote to strike

Journalists at the Guardian & Observer will undertake two 48-hour periods of strike action on 4-5 December and 12-13 December following a resounding ballot result in favour of industrial action.
www.nuj.org.uk www.nuj.org.uk

Southampton hospital porters announce strikes in bullying and toilet dignity dispute
Full list of strike dates: Thursday 28 November 2024, Friday 6 and Monday 9 December 2024, Friday 13 and Monday 16 December 2024, Friday 20 December 2024, Friday 3 and Monday 6 January 2024, Thursday 9, Friday 10, and Monday 13 January 2024, Thursday 16, Friday 17, Monday 20 January 2024, Thursday 23, Friday 24, Monday 27 January 2024. On each day strikes will begin at 06:00 and end at 05:59 the following day.

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Housing firm accused of 'underhand tactics' as strike intensifies

Hundreds of housing association workers have started strike action IN a dispute over pay and conditions
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

Hundreds of Livv Housing's repair, maintenance and call centre workers began targeted periods of strike action in October that have now escalated. Union members will take fresh strike action on November 22, 25, 28, 29 and 30 and December 1.

Also BFAWU asking people to sign a petition to stop job cuts at Morrison's bakery:
actionnetwork.org

Stop the job cuts at Morrisons Rathbones site

Sign the petition to Morrisons CEO Rami Baitiéh and stop the 400 job cuts at Rathbones, Wakefield.
actionnetwork.org

There is also meant to be an attempt at an organising drive this week trying to unionise Gail's bakery workers in "North London, South London, Bristol, South East, Manchester", if that's any interest to anyone.
 
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