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Thousands of demonstrators wave banners as they stand near Downing Street in Westminster in London, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Up to half a million workers are expected to go on strike across the U ...
The first of two 48-hour strikes at Network Rail and 14 train companies are to begin on Tuesday (Dec 13) after members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) rejected a pay offer.
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 ...
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]
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
Junior doctors, civil servants and rail workers are among those striking this week in separate disputes
Around 40,000 rail workers walked out on Tuesday for the first of several strikes.
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 ...