Britain’s trade union bureaucracy has called off every strike planned this week by National Health Service (NHS) workers. This is part of a concerted effort to end months of strikes throughout the public and private sectors with below inflation pay settlements. An eight-month strike wave that began last summer has …
Read More »Rishi Sunak accused of ‘misleading public’ in TV clash as nurse pay talks kick off
Rishi Sunak appeared to finally open the door to nurses getting more money this year – but a union chief slapped him down for misrepresenting talks ‘on almost every level’ Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Rishi Sunak refuses to say if he uses private …
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 »NHS nurse and ambulance strikes face UK government, army and sellout by union leaders
Tens of thousands of National Health Service (NHS) nurses will strike again Tuesday, after the first such action in British history was taken last Thursday. They will be followed by more than 10,000 ambulance workers Wednesday. Health workers are fighting a massive real-terms pay cut imposed by the Sunak government, …
Read More »UK post and rail strikes continue, as trade union bureaucracy steps up efforts to end wave of industrial action
Postal workers completed a 48-hour UK-wide strike on Thursday, as rail workers began a two day national stoppage Friday. The postal strike involves 115,000 workers who are demanding a pay increase, an end to attacks on working conditions and the withdrawal of a plan for 10,000 redundancies. The rail stoppage …
Read More »Winter of Discontent 2022: Which services and sectors are striking?
A round 100,000 civil servants have voted to go on strike, joining nurses, rail workers, university staff and potentially teachers in industrial action that threatens to cripple public services in the coming weeks. Workers represented by the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, backed industrial action in strike ballots called …
Read More »Heathrow to be hit with strikes affecting World Cup flights right before England game
Unite members working for Dnata and Menzies will walk out later this month, with the industrial action at Heathrow impacting Qatar Airlines ahead of the FIFA World Cup The strikes are timed to coincide with the start of the FIFA World Cup ( Image: Simon Holmes/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock) Hundreds of airport workers …
Read More »UK: Unite secures acceptance of below-inflation pay deal at Go-Ahead London buses
A below-inflation 10.5 percent pay offer from Go-Ahead bus company, recommended by Unite officials, was accepted by London bus drivers in a ballot last Thursday, with 1,275 drivers voting yes, and 282 drivers voting no. At Go-Ahead London General, covering Merton, Putney, Stockwell, Sutton, Waterloo and Waterside Way garages, 703 …
Read More »Unite postpones London bus strikes out of respect for the Queen, puts below-inflation pay offer to members
Unite has followed every other major trade union in responding to the death of Queen Elizabeth II by calling off strike action scheduled over the period of “national mourning” that runs until her state funeral on September 19. On Monday Unite announced it was “postponing” strikes at London United by …
Read More »Health workers hold protests to highlight deteriorating terms and conditions
HEALTH workers will today hold a series of lunchtime protests aimed at highlighting deteriorating terms and conditions for staff. The Unison-organised protests at sites in Belfast and the Southern trust area will see the union’s members joined by colleagues from Nipsa, Unite, the British Medical Association and the Royal College …
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