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Published: 9:00 AM May 19, 2021    NEU school staff and their supporters stage a school picket outside Leaways Special School operated by private, for-profit Kedleston Group, on March 30.  - Credit: Amanda Bentham School union staff have settled a dispute with an Upper Clapton special needs school, following strike action in March.  The long-running dispute saw staff allege "appalling" conditions and poor education provision for students, among other issues, at privately run, for-profit...

invites workers and other readers to contribute  to this regular feature. National transport strike in Italy over work conditions Public transport workers across Italy took part in a four-hour strike Wednesday called by the USB union. According to Sky News the stoppage was to bring attention to the quality of public transport provision and working conditions, including safety. Workers took part in the cities of Rome, Bologna, Milan, Turin, Palermo and others. Fedex-TNT workers oppose attack o...

UK teachers oppose attacks on pay, conditions, pensions and government’s push for Academisation of schools Since the pandemic struck, UK teachers are facing an acceleration of government attacks on their pay and conditions, the further marketisation of education, and victimisations. The Conservative government’s reopening the economy, backed by Labour, is predicated on schools being kept open and has resulted in over 150,000 deaths. Schools are proven major vectors for spreading the virus, ...

invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. Miners in Chiatura, Georgia strike to demand pay increase and improved conditions Over 3,000 workers in the Georgian mining town of Chiatura joined an indefinite walkout on April 23 to demand Georgian Manganese grant a 50 percent pay rise, health insurance and environmental protections for the area near the mine. According to the Governance Monitoring Center, drivers working for the company in Chiatura wrote to the Minist...

invites workers and other readers to contribute  to this regular feature. Belgian private sector general strike against 0.4 percent pay rise cap On Monday, private sector workers across Belgium took part in a one-day general strike against a law preventing average wage increases from exceeding 0.4 percent. RTBF reports the strike affected public transport in multiple cities, and seven in 10 technology companies. The FGTB union reports the manufacturing industry in Wallonia was “practically a...

invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. French transport workers’ strike in Paris French transport workers on the Paris public transport network held a one-day strike Thursday. The Unsa, CGT, SAT, Solidaires and SUD union members are protesting plans to privatise the transport network by 2024, which will lead to attacks on jobs and conditions. Strike by London Heathrow airport workers Airport workers including baggage handlers, engineers, firefighters and othe...