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Employment

Will there be a general strike in 2023?
Industrial action

Will there be a general strike in 2023?

Amazon workers stage first formal UK strike calling on Jeff Bezos to share the wealth
amazon

Amazon workers stage first formal UK strike calling on Jeff Bezos to share the wealth

'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees
Recruitment

'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees

Working temperature: When is it too cold to work?
Cold weather

Working temperature: When is it too cold to work?

Here's when and where nurses are going on strike
NHS

Here's when and where nurses are going on strike

Businesses need to support people back to work, says Big Issue Recruit
Big Issue Recruit is working with people facing barriers to employment into work.
Recruitment

Businesses need to support people back to work, says Big Issue Recruit

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers
Unemployment

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers

What do disability rights experts make of government plans to boost employment?
Employment

What do disability rights experts make of government plans to boost employment?

£15 minimum wage: Who is calling for it and could it happen?
A street cleaner collects a bag of waste from a public bin.
Employment

£15 minimum wage: Who is calling for it and could it happen?

Why are NHS ambulance workers going on strike?
Ambulances queue outside the Royal Cornwall Hospital
NHS

Why are NHS ambulance workers going on strike?

6 insider tips from career coaches to boost your job hunt for 2023
Employment

6 insider tips from career coaches to boost your job hunt for 2023

Unions pledge to fight Rishi Sunak's new laws that 'completely undermine the purpose of striking'
Rishi Sunak stands with his hands in front of him while giving a speech
Strikes

Unions pledge to fight Rishi Sunak's new laws that 'completely undermine the purpose of striking'

Here’s where to find career advice whatever your situation
Norris found career advice through the PoppY Factory after getting injured in Afghanistan
Career advice

Here’s where to find career advice whatever your situation

When are the train strikes in January 2023 and why are they still happening?
Train strikes

When are the train strikes in January 2023 and why are they still happening?

Ambulance strikes: Paramedics explain why the NHS is 'utterly and completely broken'
NHS strikes

Ambulance strikes: Paramedics explain why the NHS is 'utterly and completely broken'

Nurse and ambulance strikes are supported by more than two-thirds of the British public, says YouGov
NHS nurses hold placards expressing their opinion during a protest outside St. Thomas' Hospital in central London on day one of the two strikes taking place this month.
Strikes

Nurse and ambulance strikes are supported by more than two-thirds of the British public, says YouGov

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Christmas on the picket line: What it's like being on strike during the festive season
Christmas

Christmas on the picket line: What it's like being on strike during the festive season

Postal strikes dates: When are the Royal Mail walkouts this December 2022 and why?
Royal Mail workers hold signs saying yes to strike action
Strikes

Postal strikes dates: When are the Royal Mail walkouts this December 2022 and why?

Royal Mail strikes: When are postal workers going on strike over Christmas and why?
Royal Mail workers hold signs saying yes to strike action
Royal Mail strikes

Royal Mail strikes: When are postal workers going on strike over Christmas and why?

'Answer the question': Transport secretary grilled over reports government 'scuppered deal' with rail union
Train strikes

'Answer the question': Transport secretary grilled over reports government 'scuppered deal' with rail union