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Protesters gathered in various locations causing significant disruption across Belfast. A Glider bus was set alight on the Newtownards Road which was understood to have been hijacked beforehand. Last night on the Lower Newtownards Road in Belfast hundreds of masked men walked down the street carrying bottles, bricks and masonry. They set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out". As they walked street to street, they were banging on doors, kicking doors down and breaking windows. Photo by Press Eye.

Protesters force suspension of Wednesday evening bus and rail services

The trial will see passengers pay more or less depending on how busy a service is Photo by Dan Dennison/Getty Images)

Full List of train ticket office closures, is your area affected?

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

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University staff go on strike today with more on the way as pay and pension dispute rages on (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

University staff go on strike over pay and pension dispute

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Rail workers will stage a series of fresh strikes in March and April (Photo: Getty Images)

Strike action taking place in March 2023 in the UK - including NEU

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

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Organiser and host of one of the rally events Taj Ali

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A week long bus strike is set to commence on Tuesday.

Shopkeepers' lobby predicts significant disruption due to bus drivers' strike

Derry Trades Union Council has called a rally in opposition to the proposed £20 cut to Universal Credit.

Trade unions call rally in opposition to £20 Universal Credit cut

Furloughed staff say a restaurant chain asked for 10% of their wages - and threatened redundancy if they didn’t agree (Photo: Shutterstock)

Furloughed staff say a restaurant chain asked for 10% of their wages - and threa...

DTUC has launched a new May Day charter on International Workers' Day.

Our radical new May Day charter will help us lead the fightback

Trade unions back factory girls

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Protest as Universal Credit goes live
The Chair of the Derry Trades Union Council, Liam Gallagher, has urged workers, the unemployed, and their families, to convene at 1.p.m. in Guildhall Square on Wednesday for a protest against the controversial new Universal Credit (UC) welfare system on the day it goes live on Derry's cityside.
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