69 h. ago Union demands ‘fair pay offer’ after council workers signal strike action

The union said more than 92% of its members in local government in Scotland supported walkouts in a consultative ballot.

Economics

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Politics

3 d. ago Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Water workers to down tools over pay dispute

Members of the Unite, Unison and GMB Scotland unions have voted for strike action after rejecting the latest pay offer.

Economics

3 d. ago Strike action over railway safety ‘necessary’, says Transport Secretary

Heidi Alexander also vowed the Government will take railways into public ownership ‘without any cost to the taxpayer’.

Events

3 d. ago Scottish Water executives ‘deliberately wrecked’ pay talks, claims union

It comes ahead of strike action by staff on Friday.

Politics

4 d. ago Cardiff at risk of missing recycling target and facing multi

Some of the challenges Cardiff has faced according to officials are a large student population, 30% of its housing stock being flats and HMOs and strike action

Events

4 d. ago Foreign Office warns of 'severe disruption' as European country cancels flights due to strike action

Airports in Brussels have cancelled flights as a national strike is set to take place next week in Belgium

Events

5 d. ago Cardiff University staff vote to strike and take action that could disrupt graduations in cuts row

Staff have voted overwhelmingly to walk out and/or join a marking boycott in the face of compulsory redundancies

Politics

8 d. ago Nigel Farage will 'go to war' with union after teachers were told to 'educate pupils who vote for racist Reform' 

The National Education Union is to demand at next month's annual conference that pupils are taught the dangers of voting for Reform.

Politics

9 d. 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

1 week ago Tube staff should get priority access to affordable homes built by TfL, RMT union demands

New homes plea included in pay rise demand for London Underground staff

Politics

1 week ago Tube drivers on £70,000 are now 'demanding priority for social housing in London'

The request is one of 12 pay and working conditions demands made by the union as part of their negotiations with TfL .

Economics

1 week ago Care workers ‘not paid enough to live on’ says union as charity faces walkout

Unison Scotland said it was the first time in more than a decade that staff in the charitable sector had voted for strike action.

Politics

1 week ago Three quarters of Edinburgh University staff ready to launch strike action over £140m jobs threat

Bosses have recently said ‘nothing is off the table’ as part of efforts to repair finances

Events

2 w. ago Jaguar Land Rover workers warned of ‘cartel’ amid potential strike action

Jaguar Land Rover Halewood workers face potential strike action as union leaders accuse suppliers of sidelining them in a major contract transition.

Events

3 w. ago Schoolchildren told to stay home as teachers continue strike action over 'violence and abuse from pupils'

Six days of strike action have been planned by the teachers' union NASUWT

Events

3 w. ago Workers at Inver House Distillers in Airdrie voting on strike action after pay talks broke down

GMB Scotland union balloting workers as "managers refuse to reopen negotiations after a three per cent pay offer was rejected".

Society

3 w. ago Labour is accused of caving in to more trade union demands and hammering businesses by strengthening Angela Rayners' workers' rights plans

The government has been accused of giving in to yet more trade union demands after additional concessions were added to Labour's flagship Employment Rights Bill.

Economics

last month Teachers consulted on 2.8% pay rise and potential strike action

Around 284,000 members of the National Education Union working in maintained schools in England will be asked to vote.

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