Industrial action
Met police staff vote to strike over curbs on working from home
December 11, 2024Metropolitan police staff have voted to go on strike in a row over plans to cut back on the time they can work from home. The Public and Commercial Services union said there was “overwhelming support for the action”. It would be the first time Scotland Yard employees, which is believed could include 999 call […]
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Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday
November 25, 2024Thousands of Amazon workers are expected to protest or strike in more than 20 countries during Black Friday to press for better workers’ rights and climate action from the US retailer. Workers and representatives from unions and workers’ groups intend to join protests against the Seattle-based company’s practices between Black Friday and Cyber Monday (29 […]
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Tube drivers call off planned strikes after ‘improved offer’
November 5, 2024A planned strike by tube drivers that threatened to halt all London Underground services on Thursday has been called off, their union announced. Talks between Aslef officials and Transport for London management on Tuesday led to a “significantly improved offer”, according to the union. Aslef had called two 24-hour strikes in the capital, to take […]
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Cleaners at prestigious UK girls’ school win dispute over pay and conditions
August 29, 2024Cleaners at a prestigious London private school have won their battle for improved pay and working conditions, as well as compensation for steep cuts in their hours, scrapping plans for industrial action that was due to have started next week. As part of the dispute former pupils of James Allen’s girls’ school (Jags) in Dulwich, […]
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Cleaners at prestigious UK girls’ school vote to strike over cut in hours
July 14, 2024Cleaners at one of the most prestigious private girls’ schools in the country have voted for strike action after being told out of the blue they are to be docked five weeks of work a year. The dispute has broken out at James Allen’s girls’ school (Jags) in Dulwich, south-east London, founded in 1741, which […]
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Only 40 LNER intercity rail services to run on Saturday as train drivers strike
April 19, 2024A train drivers’ strike will lead to almost three in four services being cut on Saturday on LNER, which operates intercity trains between London, York and Edinburgh. Members of the Aslef union will take industrial action for 24 hours on 20 April – and also ban overtime during the weekend – in a dispute over […]
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English National Opera strike suspended as interim settlement agreed
January 29, 2024A planned strike by musicians and performers in the English National Opera over planned cuts to its workforce has been suspended. On Monday, the performing arts union Equity announced an interim settlement with the ENO and said it expected a full resolution soon. “We are pleased to announce that Equity has reached an interim settlement […]
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London Underground tube strike called off after ‘positive’ talks with TfL
January 7, 2024A strike that threatened to halt all London Underground services for the next four days has been called off. The RMT union announced that it had suspended its planned action after talks with Transport for London (TfL), after the mayor of London apparently made new funds available. The strikes were expected to stop almost all […]
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Andy Burnham claims government note shows Covid tier 3 restrictions imposed on Manchester as ‘punishment beating’ – as it happened
November 27, 2023Burnham claims government minute shows tier 3 imposed on Manchester as ‘punishment beating’ for his defiance In his evidence this afternoon Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, also referred to a minute from the government’s Covid-O committee, which was responsible for Covid operational matters. Burnham summarised it as proposing a “punishment beating for Greater Manchester”. […]
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No 10 says 40% of trains must always run under new laws to limit impact of strikes to be brought in by Christmas – UK politics live
November 6, 2023No 10 says 40% of trains must always run under laws limiting impact of rail/ambulance/border strikes coming by Christmas The government has announced that it intends to activate before Christmas new laws to limit the right of railway workers, ambulance staff and border officials to go on strike. Under the proposals, 40% of rail services […]
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