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Fujitsu staff to strike over worker's treatment

...at its Crewe office next Thursday, after Unite members voted to take industrial action over alleged unfair treatment of a union activist. The ballot on... Read more

24 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Fujitsu strike will hit DVLA, HMRC and MoD

...Since the strike the workers have continued to mount a campaign of industrial action, including a refusal to work overtime. Unite members in Crewe were... Read more

8 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

BT and union leaders agree pay deal, avert strike

...to work with the union's leadership to resolve this matter, as industrial action would have been in no one's interest." Shortly before the... Read more

9 July, 2010 by David Meyer

BT strike ballot dropped amid legal worries

...its employees, following the cancellation on Monday evening of a ballot for industrial action. The Communication Workers Union, which represents over 50,000 of the... Read more

6 July, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Fujitsu workers go on strike in Manchester

Unite has started its one-day strike at Fujitsu sites in the north west, though the PCS union has called off its own walkout after receiving a doubled pay offer from the IT services provider Read more

19 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Union may call industrial action over HP outsourcing

A major union may call industrial action over HP's outsourcing of 200 government IT support jobs from... Read more

3 June, 2011

Unite and Fujitsu end long-running dispute

...escalation' method for employees wishing to express concerns to upper management. The industrial action in the dispute had been suspended in late 2011 and, with... Read more

20 January, 2012

Passport service faces Steria strike action

...the month, according to the Public and Commercial Services Union. The proposed industrial action by Steria staff could see passport applications slow over the holiday... Read more

11 July, 2011

CWU 'disappointed' at BT's leaked pay offer

...Workers' Union (CWU) to say it would poll its members about possible industrial action. "The Communication Workers Union today (Tuesday) can confirm it has received... Read more

8 June, 2010

BT strike ballot to go ahead after pay deadline missed

...in BT about the possible strike, which would be the first such industrial action at BT for two decades. "We're obviously very disappointed that... Read more

7 June, 2010

HP to shed 9,000 jobs in automation push

...per year, with net savings between $500m and $700m. HP has faced industrial action in the past over job cuts and pay disputes following the... Read more

2 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
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...departing at a stop - See alerts issued by Capital Metro (such as industrial action, road closures or ticketing changes) that may impact your travel - Timetable... Read more

21 May, 2012
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...or departing at a stop - See alerts issued by TTC (such as industrial action, road closures or ticketing changes) that may impact your travel - Timetable... Read more

16 May, 2012
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TransitTimes Dallas 1.6

...or departing at a stop - See alerts issued by DART (such as industrial action, road closures or ticketing changes) that may impact your travel - Timetable... Read more

26 April, 2012
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...or departing at a stop - See alerts issued by METRO (such as industrial action, road closures or ticketing changes) that may impact your travel - Timetable... Read more

24 April, 2012

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