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  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    News in-depth
    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 rail industry makes fresh push to end protracted strikes

    Infrastructure operator Network Rail puts forward a revised offer on pay and working practices

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    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 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

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    News in-depthUK schools
    Teachers’ strike exposes deficiencies in Britain’s education system

    Achievement, attendance and recruitment levels fail to recover from Covid’s battering

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    UK braced for biggest day of strikes this winter

    Workers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    Royal Mail PLC
    Royal Mail takes £200mn hit from postal strikes

    Company continues to grapple with fallout from cyber attack

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Amazon.com
    Amazon warehouse workers set for first UK strike

    Action by 300 staff in Coventry represents a milestone in the efforts of unions to establish a foothold in logistic sector

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    Ambulance workers in England and Wales to go on strike again

    Health secretary Steve Barclay says NHS will suffer inevitable disruption from walkout

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Are train drivers going to prolong the UK rail strikes?

    The Aslef union has historically proved an effective negotiator on pay for its members

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Thousands of hospital appointments in England hit by strikes, data show

    Figures come as health leaders warn that patients will face severe disruption during biggest NHS walkout on February 6

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    UK train companies offer RMT union higher pay in drive to end strikes

    Rail body makes ‘best and final offer’ after talks improve, while nurses’ union urges Sunak to ‘grab olive branch’

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    UK ambulance strikes could last until Easter, unions warn

    GMB announces four more walkouts in February and March as it calls on government to ‘talk pay now’

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Nurses in England walk out as industrial disruption hits 30-year high

    Nursing union vows ‘sharp increase’ in action as data find almost 500,000 days lost to strikes in November

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    UK train drivers to strike in February after union rejects pay deal

    Aslef calls two walkouts early next month in move that will deepen bitter industrial dispute

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Education
    Teachers do not need to strike to get ‘attention’, says UK education secretary

    Gillian Keegan confirms she is ‘engaged with unions’ ahead of pay talks on Wednesday

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    UK government’s anti-strike bill trashes civil liberties, says Labour

    Opposition party and unions attack legislation mandating minimum service levels as teachers vote to walk out

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    Teachers in England and Wales vote to strike over pay

    Biggest education union announces seven days of walkouts in February and March

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    Health unions in England warn of more strikes unless pay offer improves

    Threat comes ahead of another week of industrial action by nurses, ambulance drivers and rail workers

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    Charlie Jeffery
    How to solve the problem of university strikes

    Students and staff will suffer unless we find a lasting way to fund British undergraduate degrees

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Welsh government to propose £1,000 payment to NHS staff

    Move by Labour-led administration in Cardiff will increase pressure on Rishi Sunak to follow suit

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    National Health Service
    Ambulance and A&E waiting times hit new high in England

    NHS data show record number of 999 calls in December even as non-emergency waiting list declines slightly

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    Trade unions vow to boycott NHS pay review body

    Pressure mounts on ministers to increase wages of health workers amid latest walkout by ambulance staff

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    LexJonathan Guthrie
    The Lex Newsletter: call this a winter of discontent? Premium content

    International investors in the UK need not worry that the country has returned to the bad old days of 1978-79

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Are Britain’s striking public sector workers underpaid?

    FT analysis shows that many key occupations have seen their pay squeezed over the past decade

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