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Mick Lynch at RMT solidarity strike rally at London Kings Cross, 25 June 2022. Following a ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers members over whether to take industrial action, it was announced on 24 May 2022 that they had voted in favour of strike action, paving the way for the UK's first national rail strike for three decades. [1]
A CWU ballot approved strike action on 28 March 2022. [5] Members went on a one-day strike on 3 May 2022 over pay; members had their wages frozen for 2021 and were offered a 2% increase plus a £250 one-off payment for 2022. The CWU said the offer was "exceptionally poor" given that Retail Price Index inflation had reached 9%.
The 2022–present National Health Service (NHS) strikes are several ongoing industrial disputes in the publicly funded health services of the United Kingdom.. The disputes relate to the several staff groups on the Agenda for Change pay scale, as well as those on the junior doctor and consultant contracts; and are further divided by the devolved national NHS staff work in.
The 2022–2024 United Kingdom railway strikes were an industrial dispute between rail workers and companies, with the latter supported by the UK government. The rail workers are represented by several unions including the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF).
United Kingdom employment equality law is a body of law which legislates against prejudice-based actions in the workplace. As an integral part of UK labour law it is unlawful to discriminate against a person because they have one of the "protected characteristics", which are, age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex, pregnancy and ...
Ageism is a normalised and accepted form of discrimination which is widespread in the UK and can have a “hugely damaging” impact, MPs have heard.
2021 British Gas strike, dispute between workers represented by the GMB and British Gas over fire-and-rehire policies across the United Kingdom; 2021 French labor protests, protests against the country's economic and employment conditions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and proposed laws that would give greater powers to police;
The Office for National Statistics reports that UK job vacancies reached a record high of 953,000 in the three months to July, while average pay rose 7.4 percent. [295] COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 17 years. [296] 18 August