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      • 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

      • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
        UK Government
        UK government announces anti-strike laws

        ‘We’re striking for minimum levels of service’

      • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
        Ambulance workers to strike as tensions with ministers flare

        Shapps clashes with union leaders over his claim industrial action will put lives at risk

      • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
        UK union leaders criticise strikes bill as ‘reprehensible’

        Business secretary dismisses fears that legislation could prompt pre-emptive walkouts

      • Monday, 9 January, 2023
        Ministers examine new pay plan for NHS staff in England

        Steve Barclay looks at fresh proposals from unions as government seeks end to strikes

      • Monday, 9 January, 2023
        Health unions warn Sunak of fresh strikes unless this year’s pay offer boosted

        Government to hold crisis talks with workers’ leaders on Monday in bid to curtail wave of industrial action

      • Friday, 6 January, 2023
        Rishi Sunak proposes talks with UK union leaders in effort to halt strikes

        Ministers explore concession over train drivers to try to end protracted industrial action on railways

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