08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

08-03-2021 - British Gas Pickets, Bristol. Engineers strike against fire and rehire dispute - against imposed cuts to their terms and conditions © Paul Box

14-09-2020 - Technicians with PPE working, TUC Congress 2020 online, Congress House, London. © Jess Hurd

14-09-2020 - Technicians with PPE working, TUC Congress 2020 online, Congress House, London. © Jess Hurd

22-03-2017 - Union rep Dean Kelly, London Taxi Company opening a new car factory to make TX5 electric Black Cab taxis, Ansty, Coventry. LTC is owned by Chinese car maker Geely © John Harris

22-03-2017 - Union rep Dean Kelly, London Taxi Company opening a new car factory to make TX5 electric Black Cab taxis, Ansty, Coventry. LTC is owned by Chinese car maker Geely © John Harris

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Police try to stop Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers blocking the road as they encourage site workers at The Pinnacle to join a national day of protest to defend the skills... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Police try to stop Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers blocking the road as they hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour B... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers occupy Cannon St station and encourage workers to join the national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Ba... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Police try to stop Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers blocking the road as they hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour B... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Police try to stop Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers blocking the road as they hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour B... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Police try to stop Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers blocking the road as they encourage site workers at The Pinnacle to join a national day of protest to defend the skills... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers hold a national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Balfour Beatty to cut wages by 35% and leave the JIB n... © Jess Hurd

09-11-2011 - Electricians, plumbers and heating and ventilation engineers occupy Cannon St station and encourage workers to join the national day of protest to defend the skills and pay of construction workers. Ba... © Jess Hurd

05-10-2011 - Workers at BAE Systems in East Yorkshire get on their bikes later to protest against planned job cuts. Four BAE engineers from Brough cycled through the night, hoping to speak to the prime minister at... © Jess Hurd

04-04-2011 - Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

04-04-2011 - Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

04-04-2011 - Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

20-02-2008 - Worker outside a job agency in West Bromwich. © John Harris

25-09-2007 - Warren, Michigan, USA Members of the UAW picket the General Motors Powertrain plant on the second day of their strike. The strike began after 10 weeks of contract talks seen as crucial to survival of... © Jim West

26-05-2005 - Hassan Jumaa Awad, President of the General Union of Oil Employees. © David Bacon

23-09-2002 - MSF Trades Union organiser talking with chemical engineer MSF member Rhodia Chemicals Oldbury © John Harris

20-12-2000 - Hackney council workers picket Florfield Maintenance Base. Official strike against cuts and redundancies. Foreground middle MSF shop steward Melvin Drayton. © Jess Hurd

20-12-2000 - Hackney council workers picket Florfield Maintenance Base. Official strike against cuts and redundancies. Foreground middle MSF shop steward Melvin Drayton. © Jess Hurd

23-03-1996 - Bill Morris TGWU talking to engineers GKN factory Erdington which manufactures car parts in the Midlands © John Harris

30-10-1989 - British Aerospace picket, AEU 35 Hour Week Campaign strike, Chester 1989 for a shorter working week © John Harris

06-04-1983 - 1983 Workers occupying Firth Derihon factory against redundancies Sheffield Yorkshire © John Harris

22-10-1982 - British Leyland engineering workers picket, 1982 Leyland, Lancashire. On strike against redundancies © John Harris

25-05-1982 - Shildon British Rail engineering workers (BREL) protest against closure London 1982 The factory closed in 1984 with the loss of 2,600 jobs, 85% of the male manufacturing jobs in the town © NLA

25-05-1982 - Shildon British Rail engineering workers (BREL) protest against closure London 1982 The factory closed in 1984 with the loss of 2,600 jobs, 85% of the male manufacturing jobs in the town © NLA

07-05-1982 - Protest at the closure of the British Rail workshops, Swindon, Wiltshire 1982 with the loss of 3,500 jobs. © Peter Arkell

07-05-1982 - Protest at the closure of the British Rail workshops, Swindon, Wiltshire 1982 with the loss of 3,500 jobs. © Peter Arkell

07-05-1982 - Protest at the closure of British Rail workshops Swindon, 1982 © Peter Arkell

07-05-1982 - Protest at the closure of British Rail workshops Swindon, 1982 © Peter Arkell

07-05-1982 - Protest at the closure of British Rail workshops Swindon, 1982 © Peter Arkell

06-05-1982 - Mass meeting against closure of British Rail workshops, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire 1982 © Peter Arkell

06-05-1982 - Mass meeting against closure of British Rail workshops, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire 1982. Hands Off NAtionalised Industries © Peter Arkell

06-05-1982 - Apprentices, mass meeting, British Rail workshop, Horwich, 1986, after the announcement of its closure. 1,138 jobs lost. What Future Now? banner, Hello Mum Goodbye Job placard © Peter Arkell

06-05-1982 - Apprentices, mass meeting, British Rail workshop, Horwich, 1986, after the announcement of its closure. 1,138 jobs lost. What Future Now? banner, Hello Mum Goodbye Job placard © Peter Arkell

01-03-1982 - 1982 British Leyland workers mass meeting voting to reject a 3.8% pay offer and continue their strike Longbridge car plant, Birmingham © John Harris

01-07-1981 - Apprentices leading Save Our Jobs protest Portsmouth Dockyard 1981 Defence Ministry workers march against government proposals to rationalise the dockyards in the UK with closures. © Peter Arkell

01-07-1981 - Save Our Jobs protest Portsmouth Dockyard 1981 Defence Ministry workers march against government proposals to rationalise the dockyards in the UK with closures. © Peter Arkell

01-07-1981 - Save Our Jobs protest Portsmouth Dockyard 1981 Defence Ministry workers march against government proposals to rationalise the dockyards in the UK with closures. © Peter Arkell

23-06-1980 - Mass picket, Adwest Engineering Ltd, Reading 1980. Pickets talking to scab crosing their picket line. 58 workers sacked for holding a mass meeting against cuts in wages and conditions © Peter Arkell

22-08-1978 - Post Office engineers, POEU lobby their union against a sell out of their claim for a 35 hour week 1978, Ealing London © NLA

09-11-1977 - POEU post office engineers strike meeting, Tower Hill London 1977 © NLA

03-06-1977 - I Voted Labour I Apologise! Workers from CA Parsons, Newcastle 1977 protest against the amalgamation with Clarke Chapman to form Northern Engineering Industries plc as they fear a consequent reduction... © John Sturrock

03-06-1977 - We Want A Future, Don't Let the North East Die. Children join their parents engineering workers from CA Parsons, Newcastle 1977 protest against the amalgamation with Clarke Chapman to form Northern En... © John Sturrock

09-10-1974 - Hugh Scannon speaking to mass meeting of workers AEC Southall, London 1974, makers of London buses, occupying the factory for a wage rise and against closure © NLA

08-10-1974 - Occupation of AEC Southall factory 1974, makers of London buses. Workers demanding a wage rise and against closure © NLA

20-03-1974 - Tony Benn speaking to mass meeting of BAC Concorde workers Filton factory Bristol 1974 © Peter Arkell

20-03-1973 - Women workers, mass meeting, strike and occupation of Coles Cranes, Sunderland 1973 against closure © Martin Mayer

20-02-1973 - Mass meeting, strike and occupation of Coles Cranes, Sunderland 1973 against closure © Martin Mayer

20-02-1973 - Mass meeting, strike and occupation of Coles Cranes, Sunderland 1973 against closure © Martin Mayer

20-02-1973 - Mass meeting, strike and occupation of Coles Cranes, Sunderland 1973 against closure © Martin Mayer

19-01-1973 - Shotton steelworkers, facing the closure of their factory on Merseyside, join engineers in strike and march through Liverpool against anti-union laws © Peter Arkell

19-01-1973 - Shotton steelworkers, facing the closure of their steelworks in Deeside, join engineers in Liverpool in a strike and protest against the new anti-union laws © NLA

22-05-1972 - Workers occupy their factory Stanmore Engineering Diecastings Ltd., London, in support of a pay claim. © Martin Mayer

22-05-1972 - Workers occupy their factory Stanmore Engineering Diecastings Ltd., London, in support of a pay claim. © Martin Mayer

21-04-1972 - L. Gardner pay strike, Manchester 1972, workers from Gardners diesel manufacturing works walking to a mass meeting to discuss strike action © Martin Mayer

21-04-1972 - L. Gardner pay strike, Manchester 1972; workers from Gardners diesel manufacturing works walking to a mass meeting to discuss strike action © Martin Mayer

07-05-1971 - Mass meeting of workers against closure of the AEC factory, where they manufactured buses, Ealing, London. Over 3,000 jobs were lost © Peter Arkell

31-01-1970 - Mass meeting of Heathrow airport workers 1970, Brentford football ground called in opposition to private management companies, American General Aviation Services in particular. © NLA