4 h. ago Teachers threaten to strike if Labour doesn't offer 'fully funded' pay award with unions to ballot members on walkouts less than a year after wage increase

Delegates of the NASUWT teaching union voted to 'step up' its campaigning to secure a fully funded, real-terms pay award for teachers next academic year.

Events

6 h. ago Teaching union votes to ballot for action if pay offer not fully funded

The NASUWT could be ‘left with no choice’ but to ballot members if the Government does not fully fund a pay award, a union chief says.

Politics

49 h. ago Teachers will strike this autumn to 'make Labour MPs pay' unless they get more cash, says union boss

The National Education Union (NEU) said it is poised to mobilise its half a million members to cause political damage to the Government.

Economics

2 d. ago 'A society where you're not free to withdraw your labour is not a free society': Broadcaster PETER HITCHENS defends Birmingham bin strikes in podcast clash with SARAH VINE

Mail columnist Sarah Vine clapped back, arguing that the Labour government is at fault for the unnecessary strike that only functions to hurt people uninvolved in the dispute.

Events

4 d. ago Teachers on path to strike action after major vote on 'unacceptable' pay offer

The largest education union in the country will launch a formal ballot on strike action if the Government's final pay offer for teachers 'remains unacceptable'

Politics

4 d. ago Are more schools strikes looming? Biggest education union inflicts fresh humiliation on Labour by backing formal ballot over 2.8% pay offer

Delegates at the NEU's annual conference said a formal ballot should be triggered if the ' unacceptable' 2.8 per cent offer is not increased.

Events

4 d. ago Teaching union votes to launch strike ballot if pay offer remains ‘unacceptable’

It comes after National Education Union teacher members in England suggested they would be willing to take action over pay.

Politics

4 d. ago Bin strike grinds on as Labour is humiliated after union rejects Rayner's plea to end Birmingham crisis

The rejection brought pressure on ministers to get tough on their 'paymasters', with accusations that Labour's inaction was taking Britain 'back to the 1970s'.

Events

5 d. ago Union to debate launching formal ballot for strike action over teachers’ pay

The majority of National Education Union (NEU) teacher members have said they would be willing to strike over the Government’s proposed 2.8% pay rise.

Events

1 week ago Second union at Edinburgh University ballots staff over proposed cuts

Unison has started a consultative ballot of 600 staff, while the University and College Union is carrying out a formal strike ballot of its members.

Politics

1 week ago Labour councillors in Birmingham enjoyed free trips to the ballet, Champions League football and fine dining

Deputy leader Sharon Thompson was given a £300 ticket by Brindley Capital, an investment firm, to watch Aston Villa beat Celtic in the Champions League the evening before a strike.

Sport

2 w. ago Union dismisses Starmer's desperate plea to 'get round the table' and end Birmingham bin strike crisis as fury mounts at Labour council

Amid mounting fury at the Labour-run council over the chaos, with rubbish piling up and rats running riot on the city's streets, No10 urged Unite to negotiate 'in good faith'.

Events

2 w. ago Union to ballot workers at beleaguered Dundee University on strike action

The university has been struggling with a £35 million deficit.

Events

2 w. ago Our door is open, says Scottish Water as unions urged to ballot members on offer

Staff walked out of the public body last week over a pay dispute.

Politics

4 w. ago New Scottish university facing strike action over 'alarming' scale of cutbacks

Union ballot finds 83 per cent back industrial action in Robert Gordon University dispute

Events