Alan Jones

Matt Wrack beaten by Steve Wright in FBU general secretary election, union announced- @fbunational

Planned strikes by London Underground drivers over pay have been suspended - announcement by @ASLEFunion

Increased tuition fees for already stretched medical student is frustrating and represents a continued failure to address the current medical student funding crisis - @TheBMA

As student nurse numbers collapse in every English region, ministers decide to make a bad situation worse - @theRCN on tuition fees.

Chorus members in the Welsh National Opera are to stage three strikes in the coming weeks in a dispute over jobs and pay - announcement by @EquityUK

A series of weekend strikes by train drivers on LNER from Saturday have been called off, Aslef announced - @ASLEFunion

Fresh talks next week between Aslef and DfT over train drivers pay dispute- @ASLEFunion

Members of Unite at steel giant Tata to stage an indefinite strike from July 8 in protest at planned job cuts - @unitetheunion

Jeremy Corbyn has announced he will stand as an independent candidate in Islington North in the general election.

MPs call for an inquiry into role of the Crown Prosecution Service over the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - @johnmcdonnellMP

Employers have made a ‘final’ pay offer to 1.5 million council workers of at least £1,290 - @LGAcomms

Morale among nursing staff has collapsed amid a crisis caused by staff shortages and low pay - new study by @theRCN

Seafarers at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) will strike on May 19 in a row over pay - announcement by @RMTunion

RDG has written to Aslef to try to find areas of common ground to allow formal talks in train drivers dispute - @RailDeliveryGrp @ASLEFunion

Teaching assistants increasingly having to lead lessons and manage classes by themselves amid ongoing teacher shortages - study by @unisontheunion

Train drivers at 16 rail companies will stage a series of fresh strikes from May 7-9 in their long running pay dispute - @ASLEFunion

Hundreds of Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are to strike for four days in a dispute over changes to their working conditions - @pcs_union

Liverpool Museum workers announce 30 more strike days stretching into the summer in long running pay dispute - @pcs_union

Julian Assange dared to bring to light revelations of alleged war crimes committed by the USA. It is unacceptable that years of his life have been stolen - @amnesty

Unite members at Tata Steel have voted in favour of industrial action in protest at planned job losses - @unitetheunion @UniteSharon