On Friday, the University and College Union (UCU) called off seven days of strikes set to be held over the next two weeks. The sell-out came 24 hours after 70,000 university lecturers and other higher education workers at all 150 UK universities held three days of strikes. This completed nine …
Read More »UK strikes 2023: Which services and sectors are striking or threatening to strike?
H undreds of thousands of workers across multiple sectors have voted to go on strike, including rail workers, ambulance workers, Royal Mail workers, and civil servants. With long-running disputes throughout December, what sectors will be striking in January? University lecturers and teachers In November, 70,000 lecturers, librarians, and researchers across …
Read More »UK trade union bureaucracy tries to sabotage mounting strike wave
Britain’s trade union bureaucracy is making desperate efforts to sabotage the fight of millions of workers against attacks by the employers and government on wages, conditions, pensions and jobs. Last Friday, the GMB union called off a planned strike by thousands of ambulance workers, set to go ahead on December …
Read More »Boxing Day strikes: UK rail strike: Travel crisis on Boxing day as train strikes continue to hamper life. Check updates
Highway workers, nurses, and bus drivers have all downed tools this month in protest over pay and working conditions. As the rail strikes continue, thousands of people will be unable to travel on Boxing Day. Hundreds of departures are usually available on the 26th of December, following the Christmas Day …
Read More »UK strikes 2022: Which services and sectors are striking or threatening to strike?
H undreds of thousands of workers across several sectors have voted to go on strike in recent months, including rail employees, bus drivers, teachers, Royal Mail workers, and civil servants. Here’s all you need to know about those involved: Rail workers Rail unions announced on November 22 several 48-hour walkouts …
Read More »Rishi Sunak refuses to give NHS nurses extra cash despite Tory pressure and threats of…
16 December 2022, 16:38 Rishi Sunak (l) refused to offer nurses (r) any more money despite Tory pressure. Picture: Getty Rishi Sunak has refused to boost nurses’ pay, despite up to 100,000 joining strikes yesterday, Tory pressure and unions warning of even more chaos in the weeks ahead. The Prime …
Read More »Rail and Royal Mail workers strike as action intensifies
C ommuters face a second day of severe rail disruption on Wednesday as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are joined in walkouts by Royal Mail workers, and nurses prepare to take unprecedented industrial action. As on the first day of the 48-hour strike, around half of …
Read More »NHS strike dates and times: Why nurses and ambulances are striking this December
12 December 2022, 12:33 Nurses and ambulance staff are set to strike in December over pay and working conditions. Picture: Getty For the first time in history, nurses and ambulance staff will be going on strike in a huge dispute over wages – here are the strike dates for this …
Read More »UK government prepares “emergency powers” to smash strikes
The Conservative government is preparing to deploy the armed forces to smash upcoming strikes this month by hundreds of thousands of workers, including a 48-hour nurses walkout. Plans are also being forwarded to impose new anti-strike legislation aimed at making industrial action largely ineffective. Up to 100,000 members of the …
Read More »The 12 UK industries that have gone on strike this year
2022 will be remembered as the year of three prime ministers, record-breaking temperatures, the war in Ukraine, and strikes. Over the last 12 months a number of industries, all with employees dealing with inflation eating away at their paychecks, have taken action in a bid to force employers to improve …
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