41 h. ago We don’t want to be here, say striking doctors – as NHS sounds alarm over early flu spike

In the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023, resident doctors are at the picket line again in disputes over pay

Events

42 h. ago Lib Dems accused of blocking sick pay for seven million people

Paul Nowak, head of the Trades Union Congress, is set to accuse the Lib Dems of holding up the Employment Rights Bill in the House of Lords, and breaking their own manifesto pledge

Economics

45 h. ago Doctors holding patients to ransom by going on strike – Streeting

The Health Secretary said doctors were being ‘irresponsible’ in striking for five days in their dispute over pay and conditions.

Science

45 h. ago Resident doctors in Scotland balloted for strikes amid ongoing dispute over pay

A recent proposed pay increase of 4.25 per cent was said to have been the lowest in the UK .

Events

64 h. ago Red Cup Rebellion: Thousands of Starbucks baristas going on strike across the country

Union says there is no end date set for the strike, which could expand into other cities if Starbucks does not negotiate a contract

Events

3 d. ago Nigeria: Super Eagles' pay dispute 'resolved' after training boycott ahead of World Cup qualifier

Crucial play-off game is set to be played on Thursday

Politics

3 d. ago Thousands of Leonardo staff across UK strike over pay dispute

A union officer said staff had ‘no other choice’ after failing to agree a new pay deal

Events

4 d. ago Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith

The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced prioritiesYou know a country by its values. By what a country values. And it turns out that what a country values can change over time. Sometimes, though, there’s a sort of cognitive delay between the country you think you are in, and the country you’ve actually become. For example, you can keep selling yourself, to foreigners, as the country of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and luring busloads of tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath, and put a statue of George Orwell in front of the BBC, and imagine yourself a cultured and literate nation, which the rest of the world admires for its devotion to the written word – but if you then chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt, many people will suspect you of being full of it. And as the decades pass – and fewer and fewer Shakespeares and Austens and Orwells emerge from your little isl...

Events

8 d. ago Bin strike set to hit London borough in run up to Christmas as refuse workers vote for industrial action

Refuse workers have voted to strike over pay with their union saying dates for walkouts are expected in December

Events

9 d. ago Wes Streeting accuses junior doctors of 'holding the country to ransom' in bitter pay dispute after they reject inflation

The Health Secretary hit out at the British Medical Association (BMA) ahead of their planned five-day strikes later this month.

Economics

1 week ago Manchester Airport strike threat as staff poised for ballot in pay dispute

EXCLUSIVE: A union has formerly registered a trade dispute with Manchester Airports Group

Events

1 week ago Disruption warning as more strikes planned next week by TfGM workers as pay offer dispute continues

The union claims the action is likely to create disruption across the transport network in Manchester, but say an improved pay offer would stop the action

Events

1 week ago Dumbarton animal rescue charity set for walkout over "chronic low pay" dispute

Around 140 members of staff employed by the SSPCA will go on strike for 24 hours over the pay issues - including those at the facility in Milton.

Events

1 week ago Strike action at defence company Leonardo UK suspended as new pay offer tabled

Unite said if the proposed deal is rejected by members, staff will walk out later this month.

Economics

2 w. ago Disney channels including ESPN, ABC and FX go dark on YouTube TV after failure to resolve pay dispute

Some 10 million people subscribe to YouTube TV

Events

2 w. ago Disney channels including ESPN, ABC and FX go offline on YouTube TV after failure to resolve pay dispute

Some 10 million people subscribe to YouTube TV

Events

2 w. ago Date set for strike ballot among resident doctors in Scotland

BMA Scotland has accused the Scottish Government of reneging on a deal to make ‘credible progress’ towards restoring pay to 2008 levels.

Events

2 w. ago Scotland flags & Union Jacks put up by locals at army barracks set to house 300 migrants

SALTIRES and Union Flags have appeared on lampposts near a Scots army base set to house hundreds of migrants. Around 300 asylum seekers are set to be moved into the Cameron Barracks in the centre of Inverness at the start of December. The move comes as the government moves to shut down so-called "asylum hotels"...

Events

2 w. ago Researchers discover new tyrannosaur species in ‘duelling dinosaurs’ fossil

Analysis of Montana fossils shows the battling predator was a fully grown Nanotyrannus, not a young T rexThe fossilised remains of two dinosaurs locked in combat have unleashed a fresh drama, suggesting diminutive specimens thought to be teenagers of Tyrannosaurus rex could instead belong to separate, smaller species.The “duelling dinosaurs” fossil, which reveals a triceratops in battle with a medium-sized tyrannosaur, was unearthed in Montana by commercial fossil hunters in 2006, and dates to shortly before the asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66m years ago. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Disney channels including ABC and ESPN could be yanked from YouTubeTV in pay dispute

Some 10 million people subscribe to YouTube TV

Technology