Unions

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

Residents urged to take dog poo home if bin strike goes ahead

Overflowing bin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile during the final week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith

Fringe chiefs fear losing sponsorship funding if bin strike goes ahead

ScotRail workers will be balloted over strike action. Picture: John Devlin

Hundreds of ScotRail workers to ballot on strike action

Exclusive The bin strikes demand to salvage ‘Scotland’s reputation’

Council leaders to ask Scottish Government to fund pay settlement

Bin strike looms larger as unions reject latest pay offer

The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. Picture: Eamonn McGoldrick

Unions accuse “Big Six” venues of putting Scottish jobs at risk

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

Virgin Media will axe hundreds of jobs

Virgin Media O2 set to axe hundreds of jobs despite soaring revenues

Unite the union said its members will no longer strike following an improved pay offer from the employers. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty images)

Unite calls off 31-day Heathrow Airport strike after last-minute offer

Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer

Fiona Bruce on the set of Question Time. Question Time is returning to TV screens - days after the pay of its host Fiona Bruce was revealed. The flagship BBC One political show will be back Thursday with a slightly larger virtual audience than in the last series.

Full panel line-up for BBC Question Time in Bristol

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

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash

King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled
Protests have grown increasingly violent in France in recent days, following new legislation forced through by president Emmanuel Macron over the state pension age
Daniel Mcneil

A French gendarme stands next to smoke during a demonstration as part of a national day of strikes and protests, a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on March 23, 2023

French unions call for more strikes during King Charles III’s visit

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

Passport Office workers are set to strike over pay and working conditions which unions warn will have a “significant impact” ahead of summer holidays.

Summer holiday travel warning as Passport Office set to strike

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

NHS physiotherapists take part in a strike outside of St Thomas’ Hospital on January. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

NHS unions and government reach pay offer deal

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Members of French unions went on strike

Travel advice to France issued after massive strike announcement

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

Firefighters cancel strike as new pay deal agreed

Warning over future of UK steelmaking as British Steel cut 260 jobs

Scottish street orchestra Nevis Ensemble last month announced its closure with immediate effect.

Unions demand reversal of Scotland’s culture cuts which 'threaten 8,500 jobs'

(Photo: Getty Images)

UK Border Force to strike at major ports during February half term
Border force officials are set to strike during the upcoming February half term
Patrick Hollis

Homer Simpson after going on strike

The Simpsons' Homer goes on strike in Walk Out Wednesday 'coincidence'

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

UK firefighters’ strike 2023: everything you need to know

Aslef is one of four unions striking on 1 February

TUC organise ‘Right to Strike Day’ on February 1

Train drivers from Aslef and RMT announce two strike dates in February.

Train drivers announce two new strike dates if February

Mick Whelan, the General Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) arrives to attend a Commons Select Committee on rail strikes at Portcullis House.

Railway union boss hints at ‘more strikes’ in 2023

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

There doesn't need to be a strike before ambulances fail to arrive within their target time.

Sunak's Thatcher imitation game is out of date – Ian Swanson

New TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak at TUC Congress House in London. He officially takes up the post in January from Frances O'Grady. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY TUC. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Strikes will continue in 2023 unless government prepared for pay talk

Due to a boom in online shopping during lockdown, Amazon has created 15,000 new warehouse and delivery driver jobs across the UK. Meanwhile, Hermes has created 10,000 jobs.

New study shows link between gig economy and increased health issues

The new set of postal strikes will encompass December 23 and 24.

Royal Mail new strike days December 2022

Pic: Andrew Milliagan PA

Tram workers to strike over 'broken promise' on pay deal

Rubbish piled high during strikes in August

Refuse workers could be on strike again in weeks, says Union

Bin workers are now clearing up the rubbish that piled up during their 12-day strike.

All you need to know about scheduled bin strikes next week

Rubbish piled high in Edinburgh city centre during strike action

Council workers speak out ahead of next wave of strike action

A member of the public walks past a bin and litter in Victoria Street in Edinburgh city centre.

Households may not have rubbish backlog cleared before next wave of strike

A member of the public walks past a bin and litter in Victoria Street in Edinburgh city centre.

Households may not have rubbish backlog cleared before next wave of strike

Bin strikes - your views online

Shona Robison ruled out further funding from the Scottish Government to boost council coffers

Cosla told to think again over 'dire' pay offer to Scottish council staff

Pat Rafferty, Unite's Scottish secretary, said thousands of new members have signed up in Scotland since the turn of the year. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Unions see surge in Scottish members as cost of living crisis worsens

Falkirk is one of 32 councils across Scotland whose staff are being balloted on being part of national strike action.

Falkirk Council staff ready to take action, union leader believes

Richard Lochhead was on the BBC's Sunday Show.

MSP urges workers to consider risks of recession when asking for pay rises

Protesters gather outside the P&O ferries terminal at the Port of Hull, East Yorkshire, after P&O Ferries suspended sailings and handed 800 seafarers immediate severance notices. Picture date: Friday March 18, 2022.

Thousands to take part in protests across UK over P&O sackings

The EIS teachers' union is pushing for a 10 per cent pay rise for teachers. Picture: TSPL

Unions warn of 'huge period of unrest' as strike ballots loom

The STUC has called on council candidates to demand urgent rent controls.

Unions call for Scottish council candidates to back 'urgent' rent controls

The city council will have to find savings of up to £60m in the 2023/24 budget (Picture: Neil Hanna)

City needs a fair council budget deal, not more cuts – Ian Swanson

Resident Annie Innes, 90, talks with a healthcare worker at the Abercorn House Care Home in Hamilton.

Pressure mounts for 'unfair' care home 14-day isolation period to be cut

Many people want to continue working from home for at least some of the time

Unions back option to work from home