23 h. ago Trade unions join forces to demand end to ban on 'sympathy strikes'

Secondary industrial action - where a trade union asks its members to take action against their employer in solidarity with workers elsewhere who are in dispute - has been banned since the early 1990s

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30 h. ago Holidaymakers face summer of strikes at major British airport as 800 workers are set to be balloted for industrial action over pay

Unite the Union said that if there is no successful resolution to the disputes in the coming days, it will move towards holding votes on industrial action within two weeks.

Economics

41 h. ago Strikes by airport workers could disrupt summer holidaymakers, union warns

Unite said it could soon ballot more than 800 workers at Glasgow Airport on industrial action amid pay disputes.

Events

2 d. ago Birmingham bin strike horror could carry on until Christmas, union bosses warn

Nearly 400 workers facing brutal pay cuts have voted to continue industrial action in Birmingham, Unite said today, with action set to carry on until December 5 at the earliest

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3 d. ago Birmingham's bin strike misery could go on until CHRISTMAS as union workers vote to continue industrial action

The ballot, which resulted in 97 percent of workers voting in favour of strike action on a 75 percent turnout, means strike action could last until December.

Politics

3 d. ago Bin workers in Birmingham vote to continue strikes over pay and jobs

Unite has warned the industrial action could last until December.

Politics

5 d. ago Airline cancels 110 flights at three UK airport as 11,000 passengers face chaos

The flights will be grounded after industrial action announced

Events

5 d. ago Airline announces flight cancellations from UK airports tomorrow due to strike action

Finnair has cancelled several flights from the UK to Helsinki due to industrial action

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5 d. ago 11,000 passengers face disruption with industrial action on Wednesday

110 flights have already been cancelled

Politics

9 d. ago Voices: ‘Why are they striking? Because they can’: Readers frustrated by threat of further NHS industrial action

Frustration and sympathy collide as readers debate potential NHS strikes, with one noting that ‘a good carpenter can out earn most doctors’

Events

9 d. ago Every European travel strike you need to know about this summer: Simon Calder’s round

Exclusive: Industrial action by transport workers is planned in France, Italy and the UK in the coming weeks

Events

1 week ago Brits warned of ‘significant disruption’ to holiday hotspot as airport staff strike

The Finnish Aviation Union has announced three strikes among workers at Helsinki Airport over the coming weeks, with Finnair the airline most impacted by the industrial action

Events

1 week ago Wes Streeting warns junior doctors that going on strike for six months over pay would 'choke' NHS recovery

The Health Secretary squared up to the British Medical Association as a new poll suggested support for industrial action by medicals is falling.

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1 week ago DR MAX: This insatiable demand for higher doctors' pay looks tawdry and cynical. It makes me want to rip up my BMA membership card

DR MAX: Junior doctors are threatening to strike again. So what, you might say? When are they not threatening a walk-out? In the past two years, they have taken industrial action 11 times.

Politics

1 week ago Doctors ramp up strike threats as ballot begins despite inflation

Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, have started to receive ballots for industrial action.

Events

1 week ago Resident doctors in England start receiving ballots for industrial action

It comes after ministers announced last week that most doctors would receive a 4% pay rise.

Politics

2 w. ago Brits' favourite holiday islands face summer of chaos as hotel staff plan mass walk

Thousands of hotel, bar and restaurant staff are planning industrial action in the Balearics. The UGT union says there will be a mass walkout on June 6 followed by several days of strike action in July, the height of the busy tourist season

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4 w. ago Equity responds to Trump’s film tariff and says it is ‘industrial action ready’

Earlier in the month the US president said he had authorised a 100% tariff on films ‘produced in foreign lands’.

Politics

last month Striking Birmingham bin workers blow up giant inflatable rat at 'mega picket' blocking depot in city blighted by rodents and mountains of rubbish as industrial action rumbles on

The group of around 200 let off flares and blew up a giant inflatable rat at the rally - a nod to the giant rats which are said to have invaded the country's second city as rubbish piles high.

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