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  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Pay deal for NHS workers in England paves way to end strikes

    Trade unions representing nurses and other staff agree to recommend offer to members

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    NHS braced for three-day walkout by junior doctors

    Health leaders say the industrial action starting on Monday will have a big impact on services

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    ‘Constructive’ NHS strike talks to continue into next week

    Survey shows drop in staff morale as junior doctors prepare for three days of action on pay

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK government hopes rise for end to RMT rail strike

    Sector’s largest union suspends action following improved deal from Network Rail

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Rail union calls off part of strike action after improved pay offer

    RMT to consult members ahead of planned Network Rail walkout on March 16

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Europe
    French strikes over pension reform move into ‘higher gear’

    Trade unions increase pressure on Emmanuel Macron to abandon bid to raise retirement age

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    NHS consultants back strike action in absence of ‘serious proposals’

    Consultative ballot comes as government prepares for talks with other health unions

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Unite calls off ambulance strikes and agrees to government pay talks

    Union had planned strike action on Monday and Wednesday across seven trusts

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Fire Brigades Union backs collective bargaining

    FBU chief rejects proposals to bring in the pay review bodies involved in more intractable public-sector disputes

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Unions call off ambulance strikes after government offer of pay talks

    However, ambulance workers belonging to Unite in England will continue with action scheduled for March 6

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK health unions invited to pay talks as ministers seek to halt strikes

    Government says deal can be struck only if strikes are called off

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK employment
    UK council workers’ pay offer adds to pressure on ministers

    About 1.5mn low-paid local government employees offered wage uplift worth more than 20% over two years

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK’s biggest public sector union plans fresh NHS strike action

    Unison hits out at government after being excluded from talks on health service workers’ pay

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK university strikes called off as talks near deal

    UCU says ‘two-week period of calm’ comes as ‘significant progress’ made in negotiations over pay and working conditions

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Nurses’ leaders in Scotland back new 6.5% pay offer

    Breakthrough contrasts with NHS strikes in England which look set to escalate next month

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla workers claim they were fired in retaliation for union drive

    Employees say dismissals came one day after launch of campaign to organise first US plant

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Critical care nurses in England join strikes as pay dispute deepens

    Nursing union’s unprecedented move comes as transport union outlines further rail walkouts

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    RMT rejects improved pay offers aimed at ending UK rail strikes

    Union warns industrial action could continue until next winter under plan for fresh ballot of members

  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Health unions slam ministers’ refusal to talk after firefighters offered pay rise

    Ambulance staff say they are being treated like ‘second class emergency workers’

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    Sexism and bullying pervasive at TSSA rail union, inquiry finds

    Report calls for sweeping changes at top describing ‘vindictive’ and ‘mafia-like’ culture

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Rail bosses criticise UK ministers for ‘bashing’ unions when strikes began last summer

    Network Rail chief says ‘noisy rhetoric’ early in the ongoing dispute had been ‘counter-productive’

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    Ministers and unions deadlocked in dispute over NHS pay in England

    Government appears unwilling to meet demands for higher wages in current financial year

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Britain’s strikers send defiant message to ministers

    Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers walk out and vow to continue protests until pay demands are met

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

    Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    UK firefighters union votes for industrial action over pay

    Strike dates will be set if government and employers do not make ‘credible offer’ in next 10 days

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