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.
BA tries to halt industrial action with High Court injunction
British Airways is seeking an injunction to stop pilots launching strike action over pay...
Heathrow faces summer disruption as workers vote to strike
Heathrow airport could be shut down for several days this summer because of strike action by more than 4,000 workers.
South Western Railway staff strike in long-running guard dispute
Guards and train drivers for South Western Railway began a five-day strike today (18 June) – the latest walk-out in...
Are HR professionals lacking employee relations skills?
As the CIPD’s Festival of Work starts in London, complete with speaker and breakout sessions galore on all the new...
Outsourced government workers strike over pay
Outsourced workers at two government departments are striking over low pay and changes to pay cycles which a union has...
Addison Lee drivers strike over ‘below minimum wage’ pay
The first ever strike involving Addison Lee drivers takes place today (1 May), when drivers operating from Luton Airport take...
First ever UK footballers’ strike sees match postponed
On Saturday Bolton Wanderers became the first club in English football league history to force the postponement of a fixture...
Outsourcing giant faces protests over payroll upgrade
The outsourcing company ISS faces protests today over changes to its payroll system that will see it withhold the pay...
Outsourced workers lose collective bargaining bid
The High Court has dismissed a case brought by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which claimed that...
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...
