University workers continue to fight in defence of jobs, pensions and conditions in both further and higher education. Many separate disputes are running across the country, with progress in some places.

One bus operator in South Wales is holding out against paying decent wages. Its drivers are going out on strike to change that.

Cardiff bus workers, members of Unite union, are to vote on a new pay offer after being set for three weeks of continuous strike action. They are fighting against low pay and poor conditions.

NEU members are taking part in a preliminary ballot to ask if they will strike over pay and funding. The union is challenging a below inflation rise in English schools, with no increased funding.

Rail workers in most train operating companies have voted to accept the national pay deal. This ends over two years of intermittent strikes and other industrial action.

Food manufacturer Oscar Mayer wants to fire and rehire workers at its Wrexham factory to reduce wages. The workers began a 4-week strike in September, extended when the firm refused to negotiate.

Redbridge refuse collectors have won a new and improved contract. They had already taken strike action and were about to do so again.

Rolls-Royce workers have overwhelmingly rejected the latest pay offer. Despite improving results the company is proving intransigent, and trying to create division among its workforce.

Most immigration to Britain is by legal routes, the result of long term government policy. The number of visas continues to rise, which will contribute to a rapid rise in Britain’s population.

Workers in many sectors have secured more pay through successful disputes. But the next round of claims will see employers try to regain some ground.

Train drivers continue their fight for pay and conditions with a round of strikes. Train operating companies, backed by the government, are not even negotiating. One company trying to use new minimum service level laws quickly climbed down.

Amazon workers in Britian continue their fight for better pay and conditions as well as trade union recognition. It’s a long fight against the world’s largest retail company, everywhere hostile to workers.