Teaching assistants at York University in Toronto are on strike after management cut 800 TA posts. TAs are essential for students; they are the ones who actually teach the courses and do the grading rather than the professor. The management are also not doing enough to make the campus safe for women. If these attacks go ahead they will affect everyone at the university – send messages of support to CUPE3903strikecommittee@gmail.com.
Education
Teachers strike: Birmingham 02.10.13
Film length: 10:46 Over 5,000 angry teachers march in Birmingham as the joint NUT/NASUWT strike shuts down schools across the Midlands, Yorkshire and Eastern regions of England. This isn’t just about pay and pensions; as […]
Biofuels
Drax strike: Spectacular victory as contract workers walk out in support and block roundabout
Running Time: 6 mins 21 secs Workers at Drax power station were celebrating a spectacular victory after just one day of strike action DOUBLED the original pay offer from the employers of 8% to 16%. […]
Firefighters
5,000 Firefighters march through London
Film length: 4:38 As the Fire Brigades Union’s battle to stop the Government’s dangerous pension changes intensifies, 5,000 firefighters from all over Britain march through London. They explain that cuts to fire stations, fire engines, […]