Fighting Back

National Education Union (NEU) members across 18 schools in Enfield took strike action on 27 March, after the Labour local authority and other school trusts in the borough imposed a punitive sickness policy.

Unison members at King’s College London voted by 89% to strike. The first two days of strike action took place on 10-11 March, and a further two days on 25-26 March.

Teachers and support staff at Brick Lane Independent Special School began a five-day strike on 18 March. Support staff report working an extra hour each day compared with those at the borough’s state special schools, yet still earn below the London living wage.

Drivers at the Bow bus garage in East London have finished a solid four-day strike as the nearly 500 workers at the garage are being made to work long shifts covering extremely busy routes through central London with insufficient breaks.

Tube train drivers on London Underground who are members of the RMT union are preparing for strike action from 24 March.

Library workers’ determined resistance has pushed back the Hackney Labour council’s proposed cuts to library services. This is another victory for the local community as well as the workforce.

On 6 and 7 February, bus drivers at Lea Interchange garage in east London will be out on strike again against bullying management. Hundreds of workers have stood on the picket lines on the two previous two-day strikes.

University and College Union (UCU) members at WM College in Camden will be taking part in the national strike action for pay parity on 14-16 January.

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) at Little Ilford School in Newham were out on the picket line on 8 January. The strike was of teachers and support staff together, over workload.

“CCCG, shame on you! You need to listen to the UCU!” That was the bold message from a fantastic lively picket line of University and College Union (UCU) members at Enfield College in north London on 10 December.