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STRIKING bus workers in Manchester are voting on a further 12 weeks of strike action in their battle to protect their wages and working hours.
The strike by 400 Unite members employed by Go North West, part of the Go Ahead public transport conglomerate, has won support in the north-west and the nation as a whole.
Trade unionists will stage a solidarity rally outside the strikers’ bus depot on Wednesday after the new ballot results are released.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites
JOHN LANG recalls how Murdoch used scabbing electricians and even devised a fake newspaper to force a confrontation with printers – then sacked them all
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP