Civil servants face strike ballot
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Almost 300,000 civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national strike against government plans to cut jobs.
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A two-week campaign of staggered strike action across the UK postal service is announced by union officials.
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A major clash is expected between the government and a civil servantsâ union Monday when the union pledges to launch a general strike as scheduled, despite government crackdowns on its move to demand full labor rights.
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Staff at Britain's largest airport owner, BAA, vote for a wave of strikes next month
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South African public servants have called off two days of strikes they had threatened for this week. The strikes, planned for Monday and Tuesday, were suspended while ordinary members are consulted on the government&#39;s latest pay offer.
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Thousands of postal staff across NI are taking part in industrial action over pay and restructuring plans.
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Midwives in England are to vote on whether to take industrial action over a pay dispute.
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Travel: Airline travellers could face disruption at Christmas as union confirms call for ballot on industrial action.
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Defying tough warnings from the authorities, illegally unionized government employees went on an indefinite strike yesterday to protest the government&#39;s policy toward civil servants&#39; labor rights.
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Prison officers are pressing for industrial action in protest at moves to ban them from striking, a union says.
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Unions consider strike calls over government plans to raise public sector workers' pension age.
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Five public sector unions will meet John Prescott in a bid to avoid national strikes over pension reforms.
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Striking health workers aim for Labour support in their bid to block the sell-off of the NHS supply agency.
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Striking public sector workers in South Africa warned Monday that government threats to sack health workers would derail efforts to resolve an increasingly bitter pay dispute.
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Almost 300,000 British civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national strike on November 5 against government plans to cut more than 100,000 civil jobs, their union said Sunday.
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Royal Mail postal workers are ready to go on strike for the first time since 1996 in a row over pay increases.
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Thousands of Palestinian civil servants strike over the failure of the Hamas-led government to pay wages.