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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.
An early pay rise offer from the Scottish government avoided long-term industrial action in the area. The bulk of the disputes were resolved by summer 2023, though the junior doctor's strikes continued. Further strikes in Scotland were averted, and a final resolution for doctors in England took place in September 2024. [1]
The National Education Union announces two further strike dates in England on 27 April and 2 May, stating that the offer from the pay UK government is unacceptable, not fully funded, and does not address a shortage of teachers. [235] The cost of a first class stamp increases by 15p to £1.10, and a second class stamp by 7p to 75p. [236]
‘This is a political dispute caused by the government,’ claims train drivers’ union Train strikes 2023: Everything you need to know about September and October rail industrial action Skip to ...
Humza Yousaf succeeded Nicola Sturgeon as Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), in March 2023.. 1 March – COVID-19 in the UK: WhatsApp messages leaked to the Daily Telegraph are reported as suggesting former Health Secretary Matt Hancock chose to ignore advise from experts in April 2020 that there should be "testing of all going into care homes". [50]
All train operators are likely to run some kind of service on the strike days
Over 2.5 million students will be affected by the UCU strikes, as university staff join nurses, ambulance workers and train workers in disputes over pay, terms and conditions
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]