Strikes

Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University (Heriot-Watt University/PA)

Heriot-Watt staff vote for further possible strike action in re-ballot

Queen Margaret University

QMU staff strike during graduation days amid jobs cuts dispute

48 per cent have no confidence in their ability to knock down all the pins.

One in 10 adults have never landed a strike when tenpin bowling

Airport workers are set to strike in Edinburgh

Workers at Edinburgh Airport set to strike over pay during World Cup

Non-academic staff at Edinburgh Napier University are staging a 24-hour strike

University cleaners and admin staff to stage 24-hour strike over pay

GMB members mount a picket outside the BMA offices in Queen Street.

BMA staff walk out over wages as English doctors begin pay strike

Union members claim management has pulled back from commitments given in December.

Edinburgh University staff out on strike over proposed £140m cuts

Edinburgh University faces new strikes amid budget cuts row

Edinburgh's Heriot Watt University lecturers are being balloted on strike action

Heriot-Watt lecturers could strike over course cuts and job losses

Flights at Edinburgh airport could be impacted by the tanker drivers’ strike. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Tanker drivers' strike threatens to disrupt flights

Teachers could strike in the run-up to next year’s Scottish Parliament elections

Teachers could vote to strike over marking and preparation time

Edinburgh city council's Waverley Court HQ

Council workers to be balloted for industrial action

Professor Sir Peter Mathieson said the university was trying to avoid compulsory redundancies

University says it is trying to avoid compulsory redundancies

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham

Staff at outsourced services company Diligenta go on strike over pay

A UCU Scotland rally at the Scottish Parliament earlier this year against threatened job cuts

University staff stage three-day strike over cuts and job losses

Leonardo's Edinburgh site

Leonardo workers go on strike after rejecting pay offer
Workers at defence and aerospace manufacturer Leonardo’s Edinburgh factory walked out on strike today after rejecting the latest pay offer from the company.
Ian Swanson

Resident doctors have voted to go on strike this July over a pay dispute.

The dates that resident doctors will go on strike this summer

A UCU Scotland rally at the Scottish Parliament earlier this year against threatened job cuts

University staff on strike over threatened £140 million cuts

Edinburgh Airport’s head of security the multi-million pound project will speed up security checks

Summer holiday chaos looms as union warns of strike action at airport

Old College buildings at the University of Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Louden/NationalWorld

Strike ballot opens today at university in cuts dispute

Flight attendants at EasyJet are set to walkout on Wednesday, April, 9 potentially causing a ‘ripple-effect’ of disrupted air journeys across the UK and Europe.

Edinburgh Airport travellers face flight chaos during Easter holidays

University staff threaten strike action over £140m cuts

Passengers at Edinburgh Airport could face disruption, with the potential for flights to be grounded by the strike action. Picture: PA

Airport workers could strike over Christmas following pay dispute

Finnair passengers travelling from Edinburgh Airport have been warned of pilot strikes.

Edinburgh Airport warning for travellers ahead of airline strikes

Holidaymakers travelling between Edinburgh and Italy have been warned their plans could be disrupted, with air traffic control strikes 10 days before Christmas set to cause mass cancellations and delays.

Travellers face flight chaos due to air traffic control strikes

EasyJet passengers travelling from Edinburgh Airport have been warned of pilot strikes on Sunday, October 27.

Edinburgh travellers could face flight chaos during school holidays

UK holidaymakers are being warned of “numerous flight cancellations” that are set to hit airports in Portugal this week. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Flight cancellations to hit airports in holiday hotspot
UK holidaymakers are being warned of “numerous flight cancellations” that are set to hit airports in Portugal this week.
Isabella Boneham

Rubbish in the streets during the Edinburgh festivals in 2022. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

New offer made to council staff in bid to avert next week's bin strike

The Edinburgh bin strike in August 2022 left rubbish strewn in the streets

Bin strikes: When walk-outs are planned and how it will affect waste

The rubbish lining the streets in Edinburgh after six days of the bin strikes in 2022 (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Union serves formal notice of bin trike from August 14

Council leaders to ask Scottish Government to fund pay settlement

Ryanair has cancelled 100 flights from several UK airports including Birmingham and Manchester due to “inexplicable” EU strikes. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Airline cancels flights at last minute

A person walks along a railway platform at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Video report: Is it time to re-nationalise rail?

The Wombles help distribute Evening News/Odeon Charity Appeal Christmas presents at Leith hospital in December 1974.

29 amazing pictures of life in Edinburgh in 1974

Many adults ignore serious health issues – to relieve pressure on NHS

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

Breaking NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

The train drivers' union says the timing of the strikes was not aimed as disrupting Tory members attending their annual conference

Breaking Union says Tory accusations inspired train strike targeting conference

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Breaking Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in July, prompting more recession fears.

Recession fears as UK economy shrinks by ‘more than expected’ in July

Commuters walk past a train stopped at a platform in Waterloo Station in London, during a national strike day, on February 1, 2023.

Rail strikes spell bank holiday travel chaos - 20,000 workers walk out

Train services in the UK are set to be disrupted again this weekend as tens of thousands of workers gear up for more industrial action.

Rail strikes: Full list of industrial action in August & September

London Gatwick Airport will be hit by eight days of strikes this summer - Credit: Adobe

Breaking Gatwick Airport to be hit by strikes for eight days of summer holidays

DVLA manages everything from driving licences to car tax

DVLA warns of driving licence delays as 100 workers strike for 15 days

Thousands of driving tests cancelled in June as examiners strike

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Full list of rail operators to be impacted by ASLEF and RMT strikes

Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin will serve as executive producer on the series

Game of Thrones spin-off halted due to Hollywood writers’ strikes

RMT strikers (Photo: Getty Images)

Breaking RMT members back further rail strike action

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Breaking Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Ryanair has been forced to cut some flights in August due to delivery issues with their new Boeing aircraft. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Breaking Ryanair cancels 220 flights over May 1 bank holiday due to strikes

Striking employees gather around a fire outside Gronfreville-l'Orcher refinery on March 24, 2023

Strikes to be aware of this Easter & how to avoid them

A quarter of the UK Passport Office’s 4,000 staff are expected to walk out during five weeks of strikes, from April 3rd to May 5th in England, Scotland and Wales. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Timeframe for passport renewal during strikes by Passport Office

North Ronaldsay Lighthouse in the Orkney Islands is one of the 208 lighthouses operated by NLB.

Lighthouse workers vote for strike action in historic first

April will see strike action affect everything from rail service to civil and public services.

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

The all-out strike in April will see over 130,000 civil and public sector workers walk out.

Over 130,000 civil and public servants to walk out on strike in April

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

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