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.
Royal Mail seeks High Court injunction on Christmas strike action
Royal Mail claims there were “potential irregularities” in the strike ballot.
University staff to strike over pensions, pay and working conditions
University lecturers and support staff at 60 universities are to strike for eight days in two separate disputes over pensions,...
South Western Railway staff poised for 27-day strike
Train drivers and guards for South Western Railway will stage a 27-day strike in December and January...
Union denies postal strikes will disrupt election
The Communication Workers Union has denied that its proposed December strikes are politically motivated and designed to disrupt the forthcoming...
Workers’ rights ‘watered down’ in Johnson’s Brexit deal
The issue of what happens to workers’ rights has become a central plank in the Brexit debate as MPs prepare...
Postal union votes for Christmas strike action
Royal Mail union members have voted 97% in favour of a national postal strike in the run up to Christmas....
Gig economy: Royal Mail’s eCourier drivers to strike over employment status
Drivers and riders working for eCourier, a same-day delivery service owned by Royal Mail Group, have voted for strike action,...
TUC urges Labour to scrap ‘all anti-union’ laws
Pressure is mounting on Labour from the unions to commit to repealing all anti-union legislation since the 1980s.
Co-op Bank, unions and retailers join global climate emergency strike
Several companies are supporting employees in the UK who are participating in the Global Climate Strike protests taking place today.
Tube workers to take industrial action over violence levels
Transport for London workers on the District Line have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in protest at the growing levels of violence from passengers.
France faces tough battle over pension reform
Paris has been crippled by public transport strikes today in response to moves by the French government to implement pension reform.
British Airways may strip striking pilots of perks
British Airways is thought to be considering stripping travel allowances from pilots who are set to strike next week.
South Western Railway staff in fresh four-day strike
South Western Railway train drivers and guards have begun their latest walk out in a long-running dispute over the role...
Ryanair attempts to block pilot strikes
Ryanair has lost its bid for a last-minute High Court injunction to block pilot strikes scheduled to begin today (Thursday)....
Ryanair pilots vote to strike
Ryanair’s UK pilots have voted to strike over pay and conditions, claiming that the airline has refused to deal with unions for “decades”.
