Civil servants vote for walkout
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Britain's largest civil service union votes to stage a one-day strike among its 260,000 members on 5 November.
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Around 15,000 police officers are expected to march past the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday as they protest against a pay deal they claim is unfair.
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Tens of thousands of South African public sector workers take to the streets to demand pay rises.
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More than 90,000 civil servants at Department for Work and Pensions reject pay offer and move towards industrial action.
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Glasgow Underground staff vote in favour of a series of one-day strikes as their pay dispute escalates.
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Health workers are holding a series of rallies and marches across the UK in protest at cuts to jobs and services.
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Broadcasting unions vote to ballot for strike action if planned BBC job cuts go ahead.
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Public sector workers threaten "coordinated industrial action" against the government's pay settlement.
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Thousands of defence workers overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action over job losses, threatening supplies to the country's troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Nearly 300,000 civil servants are to be balloted on the first strike throughout Whitehall for more than a decade, action which could bring virtually all government services to a halt.
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Campaigners for village schools say hundreds face closure because of government pressure.
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Marchers show displeasure at headquarters; school closures to be announced this morning.
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Up to 15,000 police officers are expected to take part in today's pay protest march through Westminster
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In a show of support for an impending campaign by the Service Employees International Union to organize workers at the Boston's teaching hospitals, city councillors voted 10-0 in favor of a resolution calling for hospital executives to sign "free and fair election agreements." Such agreements replace federal labor organizing procedures with rules that can make it easier for a union ...
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SEOUL : Tens of thousands of workers have rallied here to protest a government reform bill aimed at stopping union militancy and securing flexible job markets, as a powerful labor group called a massive strike next week against the legislation.
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Public service staff stage a march in the chancellor's constituency in protest at planned job cuts.
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Civil servants and teachers are the latest groups to go on strike,  as protests against public sector job cuts continue.