Industrial action / strikes
Industrial action will be lawful only if the trade union has complied with various statutory requirements, including those relating to balloting members and notifying the employer of intended industrial action.
If a union fails to comply with the relevant statutory requirements, the industrial action will be unlawful. This will give the employer grounds to apply for an injunction to stop the proposed industrial action.
Cleaner unfairly dismissed for Topshop pay protest
A cleaner at Topshop’s flagship London store has won up to £75,000 after an employment tribunal found she had been...
Outsourced Whitehall support workers to strike over low pay
Cleaners, receptionists and security guards at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...
Largest university in UK hit by boycott over outsourced staff
Academics, students and leading politicians have launched a boycott of the University of London in support of outsourced workers
Union claims council ‘secretly’ rewarded staff that did not strike
Birmingham City Council refuse workers are considering whether to go on strike, following allegations that the council “secretly” paid several...
Equal pay strike hits Glasgow schools and services
Hundreds of schools and nurseries are closed in Glasgow after around 8,000 workers began a two-day strike over a long-running...
Hospitality workers strike over pay and union recognition
Workers at McDonald’s, TGI Fridays, JD Wetherspoon, Deliveroo and Uber Eats are staging a 24-hour walk out today, in separate...
McDonald’s, Wetherspoon and TGI Friday workers to strike next month
Workers at JD Wetherspoon, McDonald’s and TGI Fridays are to strike on 4 October over pay.
The strike will include...
Prison officers call off protest action after withdrawal of court threat
An estimated 5,000 prison staff had assembled at facilities to protest against the rise of violence experienced by staff working with inmates
Ryanair strikes: airline could face legal claims from unions
Ryanair could face legal action from unions as strikes lead to the cancellation of one in six flights across Europe....
Joint employer concept to be tested in High Court
In a case that could open the door for more than 3 million outsourced workers to negotiate directly with their...
Strikes reach lowest level since records began
The number of labour strikes reached an all-time low last year, along with the number of workers involved in disputes,...
Acas conciliators strike over workload concerns
Staff at conciliation service Acas are striking today (11 May) over concerns about their workloads, following the decision to abolish...
University cleaners to strike against outsourcing
University cleaners, porters and receptionists are expected to walk out next month after a near unanimous vote in favour of...
McDonald’s to increase pay following strike
McDonald’s is to award a pay increase to its staff after they staged the first UK strike in the company’s...
Thomas Cook case reveals what unions must tell employers about industrial action plans
What does a union have to tell its members and the employer about planned industrial action? Nick Chronias explains.
When...
