Yahoo News Strikes: Who is taking industrial action in 2023 and when?
Tens of thousands of workers are striking in the coming months over pay and conditions as a winter of industrial action continues.
1 February saw the UK's biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade as teachers, university staff, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards all went on strike.
But more workers over the coming months have agreed on industrial action as the government insists it cannot give them inflation-matching pay rises.
2022 ended in a series of strikes, including the largest NHS action in history and the biggest walkout of ambulance staff in three decades.
Sky News looks at which industries are set to strike, when they will take place and why.
NHS
The NHS could see its biggest strike yet as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff in England are set to walk out on 6 February.
Ambulance staff
6 and 20 February, 6 and 20 March - National strikes by GMB and Unite members
Other dates in February and March - Regional strikes by GMB and Unite members (see below)
The 10 regional strike dates announced by Unite:
Members employed by different ambulance trusts will be striking:
• West Midlands: 6 and 17 February and 6 and 20 March
• North East: 6 and 20 February and 6 and 20 March
• East Midlands: 6 and 20 February and 6 and 20 March
• North West: 6 and 22 February and 6 and 20 March
• Northern Ireland: 16, 17, 23 and 24 February
Unison has said ambulance workers across five services in London, Yorkshire, the South West, North East and North West will walk out on 10 February as the long-running dispute over pay and staffing continues.
However, GMB members in Wales have suspended their strike on 6 February after receiving a new pay offer from the Welsh government.
Nathan Holman, GMB Welsh NHS lead, said: "This has only been made possible because the Welsh Government has been prepared to talk about pay - a lesson for those in charge on the other side of the Severn Bridge."
About 25,000 paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulance technicians, call handlers and other 999 crew members from the Unison, GMB and Unite unions walked out across England and Wales in December.
Members are striking over pay, patient safety and staffing levels, with unions saying staff shortages are crippling services every day, putting patients at risk due to the government's failure to invest in growing demand.
Unions were unable to reach a pay deal with the government after December and January's strikes so announced the extra February and March dates.
Nurses
6 and 7 February - Nurses with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Members of the RCN are calling for a pay rise of 5% above inflation - 19.2% - as they claim they have had a real terms pay cut of 20% since 2010.
They also want better working conditions as nursing vacancies are at a record high, saying this means staff are stretched and regularly working beyond their shifts without extra pay.
RCN leader Pat Cullen has said she is willing to meet the government "half-way", but Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said a 10% pay rise is still unaffordable.
However, in Wales, the union has cancelled the planned strikes after receiving a new pay offer from the Welsh government.
Physiotherapists
9 February - Physiotherapists from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
They previously went on strike on 26 January.
More than 4,000 physiotherapists employed by 30 NHS trusts across England are taking part in the strike action.
The CSP union are warning more dates will be announced if a new pay offer isn't put to them.
In Scotland, NHS strike action remains paused as negotiations continue.
Midwives
7 February 8am-4pm - Members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales
The RCM in Wales will also be taking industrial action short of a strike by claiming payment for any overtime worked in the week after the strike.
They said the action will not affect services for women in labour or needing emergency care.
Members are striking over what they say is a decade of pay freezes and stagnation which has led to a real-terms pay cut and a lack of staff that is putting patients at risk.
RCM members across the UK joined the day of coordinated strikes on 1 February in protest against the government's proposed strike legislation, which will make it a legal requirement to have minimum service levels on strike days for key services.
Other strikes
Civil servants
3-6 February - Legal advisers and court associates across England
9-11, 13-18, 20-26, 27-28 February and 1-3 March - Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff at Liverpool jobcentres
9-11, 13-18 February - DWP staff at Stockport Contact Centre and Bolton Benefit Centre
13-17 February - DVLA members of the PCS union at Ty Felin and Morriston
13-19 February - British Museum members of PCS
13-24 February - Animal and Plant Health Agency workers at the Centre for International Trade in Bristol and Carlisle
17-20 February - Border Force officers in Dover, Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk
About 100,000 civil servants from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union went on strike on 1 February in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
The action involved members of 124 government departments and follows January's walkouts involving Border Force staff, driving examiners and National Highways workers.
The PCS union is calling for a 10% pay rise, protections to pensions and protections from job cuts.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "We warned the government our dispute would escalate if they did not listen - and we're as good as our word."
Teachers
14 February - Teachers who are National Education Union (NEU) members in Wales
28 February - Teachers in Northern, North West and Yorkshire and Humber regions
1 March - Teachers in East Midlands, Western, Eastern
2 March - Teachers in London, South East, South West
15-16 March - NEU teachers across England and Wales
Thousands of teachers across England and Wales went on strike on 1 February, with many more due to over February and March after the largest education union reached the threshold required to take industrial action.
The National Education Union (NEU) organised a ballot of 300,000 members, calling for a "fully funded, above-inflation pay rise".
Some schools will be closed entirely while others will not be impacted, but headteachers will let parents know if they are affected.
Scottish teachers
28 February and 1 March - teachers who are Educational Institute Scotland (EIS) members across Scotland
13 March - 21 April - rolling strikes
The rolling strikes from Scotland's teachers will be staggered, with staff from different local authority areas across the country going on strike for three consecutive days each in a dispute over pay, plus a day before and after the block where all teachers walk out.
The EIS says its members have rejected a 5% pay offer from the Scottish government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), instead wanting 10%, in line with inflation.
University staff
9-10, 14-16, 21-23, 27-28 February, 1-2, 15-17, 20-22 March - university staff with the University College Union (UCU)
More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities will strike on several days throughout February and March.
The UCU is in dispute with those universities over the pay, pensions and working conditions.
It wants a higher pay offer than the 4% to 5% put on the table as well as a reversal of the cuts to pensions that will see the average member lose 35% of their guaranteed future retirement income, according to the union.
The union is also reballoting its members to take further action this academic year.
Environment agency
7-9 February - Environment Agency workers who are members of Unison and Prospect
Staff working in river inspection, flood forecasting, coastal risk management and pollution control will stage a 12-hour strike on 8 February from 7am to 7pm.
On 7 February and for 12 hours from 7pm on 9 February they will withdraw from voluntary overtime for 12 hours.
The unions say workers have had a 9% fall in pay compared with inflation since 2016 and 20% since 2010 which is causing many staff to leave.
They have rejected a 2% pay rise as "simply not enough".
Firefighters
Firefighters are set to stage strike action in a row over pay but no dates have been set yet.
Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) voted for action in a ballot that resulted in the UK's first nationwide fire service strike over pay since 2003.
Firefighters overwhelmingly backed strike action, with 88% voting yes on a 73% turnout after rejecting a 5% pay offer.
They say they have had more than a decade of real-terms pay cuts.
