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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.
[citation needed] Strikes are also scheduled on 18 and 19 January 2023. [7] On 16 January 2023, the Royal College of Nursing announced a further two strike days for England and Wales on 6 and 7 February, which were described as being the biggest so far. [8] General Secretary of the RCN Pat Cullen has called on the UK government to open ...
[482] [485] In 2023, UCU scheduled strikes for 1, 9–10, 14–16, 21–23 and 27–28 February, and 1–2, 16–17, and 20–22 March. [486] Strikes at this time coincided with widespread industrial action in the UK across the public and transport sectors. [487] [488]
The British Medical Association said the government's offer meant senior doctors will start to receive extra income next year, on top of a 6% pay increase already awarded for 2023 to 2024.
The strikes are timed to hit the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, which begins on Sunday 1 October – the day after the first walk-out – and ends on Wednesday 4 October, the day of ...
In a Government announcement ... Labour has compared the number of days lost to strikes in the UK between October 2022 and July 2024 with the average number of days lost in France between 2012 and ...
The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (c. 39) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting UK labour law designed to force trade union workers in England, Scotland and Wales to provide a minimum service during a strike in health, education services, fire and rescue, border security, transport and nuclear decommissioning. [1]
5 January – The UK government confirms it will not go ahead with a plan to privatise Channel 4. [2] 9 January – A new scheme to support businesses with the cost of energy bills is outlined in the House of Commons to replace existing support due to end in March. The scheme will replace capped energy bills with a wholesale discount on gas and ...