Yahoo News UK industrial action: What strikes are coming up?
The UK has been hit by a barrage of industrial action as nurses, ambulance workers and primary school teachers strike over pay and conditions.
The UK has been hit by a barrage of industrial action as nurses, ambulance workers and primary school teachers strike over pay and conditions.
Union leaders have been forced to call off a two-day postal strike following a legal challenge by Royal Mail bosses.
The Communication Workers’ Union has around 115,000 members.
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Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay were criticised for failing to negotiate with unions as staff staged the biggest walkout in NHS history.
Teaching unions have announced “an escalation” of strikes over a pay dispute that will lead to targeted industrial action in the constituencies of Nicola Sturgeon and other key decision-makers.
Politicians have been seen supporting NHS staff after visiting picket lines of striking workers.
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STRIKE action has been announced at 11 Scottish airports over several days in February.
The First Minister said her Government would do ‘everything in our power’ to prevent strike action during this year’s exams.
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A two-day strike by postal workers planned for later this month has been called off following a legal challenge by Royal Mail. In a newsletter to members, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) blamed laws that are "heavily weighted against working people" for scrapping planned walkouts on 16 and 17 February. Royal Mail later claimed that union officials had made "an error in their strike notification."
Health unions in Wales have largely suspended strike action.
The action follows a failure to agree a pay deal with Health Secretary Steve Barclay
NHS nurses have once again taken to the streets to make their voices heard.
Lawyers have advised that the union could defend its position in court, CWU said in a statement, but it added that the risk of losing in court may potentially impact a new ballot. The union, which represents more than 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail, will also re-enter negotiations with the Royal Mail Group this week, the statement added.
Ambulance workers are striking all across the North East today (February 6) to campaign for better pay and working conditions.
Over 100,000 civil servants with the PCS Union are to go on strike on Budget Day next month amid a long running dispute over pay and pensions.
Nurses spoke of feeling ‘overworked, overstressed and underpaid’ as they took to a picket line for what is reportedly the largest NHS strike in history.