Fighting Back

Members of the RMT on London Underground are taking five days of rolling strike action in a dispute over pay and working hours. Senior managers got rises up to 22%, but there is no money for workers’ demands.

Bus drivers in West London, members of Unite employed by First Bus, were on strike over pay for 48 hours at the end of August into September.

A recent report found that Croydon Council’s finances were “deteriorating rapidly”, which has led the minister for local government, Jim McMahon, to prepare sending in unelected commissioners to run the council until July 2027.

NEU members at three schools in the north-east London borough of Waltham Forest are taking six days of strike action, alongside several other schools in London, demanding the removal of performance-related pay (PRP).

Workers across London are fighting for decent pay and against attacks on conditions over the next week in a mini London strike wave.

There has been overwhelming support for strike action over Haringey Labour council’s proposals to increase class sizes and change terms and conditions in the five local authority-run secondary schools.

Southwark council housing repair workers began a three-day strike on 28 January. Unite the Union members picketed the two depots in the South London borough on all three days.

London bus drivers are getting restless. On 29 January, bus workers marched through midweek traffic, creating gridlock in Piccadilly and Whitehall, continuing to Parliament.

Unite the Union members, who perform repairs and maintenance on council-owned housing and Southwark Council’s own properties, walked out to demand annual leave that matches other council workers.

Dozens and dozens of people packed into to the basement of United Voices of the World HQ to hear from Solace domestic violence advisors. They announced that they are facing 33% workforce cuts.