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On 25 January 2023, the first ever strike by UK employees of Amazon took place, with 300 staff at a warehouse in Coventry staging a one-day walk out, in a dispute over pay and conditions. [336] On 13 February, the GMB union announced a further series of strikes at the distribution centre during February and March.
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 were 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).
2023 Cape Town taxi strike;; 2023 Irn-Bru strike; [29] [30]; 2023 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital strike; [31] [32]; 2023 Sogo & Seibu strike - strike at the flagship Seibu Department Store in Tokyo in protest over the store's sale to the American Fortress Investment Group, representing the first strike at a major department store in Japan in over 60 years; [33]
New rail headaches upcoming for passengers as RMT, Aslef members walk out
Five-day walkout by junior doctors set to bring fresh upheaval to NHS as latest RMT action again disrupts rail services with pay talks languishing in deadlock
The DVSA strike continues in the North West, Yorkshire and Humber and North Wales. Unison staff at Environment Agency refuse to volunteer to attend incidents. – December 25
The BMA organized a strike ballot, the result of which was announced on 20 February 2023. [36] More than 98% of respondents supported strike action, and the BMA subsequently announced a 72-hour strike starting 13 March. [37] The strike had a significant disruptive impact, causing cancellations of an estimated 175000 appointments and procedures ...
Tube Strike sign at Paddington. London Underground strikes are an intermittent part of life in the capital of the United Kingdom. Described as "one of Britain's most strike-prone industries", [1] the London Underground has been subject to travel disruption due to industrial action organised by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), ASLEF and other unions, in response ...