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Strikes

In pictures: 400,000 on strike as Jeremy Hunt unveils ‘back to work’ budget
strikes
Activism

In pictures: 400,000 on strike as Jeremy Hunt unveils ‘back to work’ budget

March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 
pay rise inflation
Employment

March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 

World Book Day: The best books for kids to read during a teachers' strike
protest sign in Nuremberg that reads 'fight today for a better tomorrow'
young activists

World Book Day: The best books for kids to read during a teachers' strike

What happens when nurses go on strike?
nurse portrait
NHS staffing crisis

What happens when nurses go on strike?

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?
Strike action

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?

Thousands of ambulance staff and nurses strike over pay and conditions
NHS crisis

Thousands of ambulance staff and nurses strike over pay and conditions

Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures
pay rise inflation
Employment

Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
Strike action

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?

Jeremy Hunt has shown our leaders are all out of ideas. Might be time to ask a chimp what to do
Chimp
Paul McNamee

Jeremy Hunt has shown our leaders are all out of ideas. Might be time to ask a chimp what to do

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

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

Here's when and where nurses are going on strike

Unions call ‘emergency’ protest outside Downing Street over anti-strike law
Signs that read
Protest

Unions call ‘emergency’ protest outside Downing Street over anti-strike law

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

Why are NHS ambulance workers going on strike?

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'

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?

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As we welcome the New Year, we mustn't lose hope
2023 spelled out in fireworks
Paul McNamee

As we welcome the New Year, we mustn't lose hope

Strikes will have a seismic impact for UK workers in 2023
Postal workers strike
James Meadway

Strikes will have a seismic impact for UK workers in 2023

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'

For those in the ambulance service, strike days are no different from business as usual
Ambulance strikes

For those in the ambulance service, strike days are no different from business as usual

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