Industrial action / strikes

The Royal College of Nursing has suspended strike action next week after the health secretary said he would meet for “intensive talks”.

A letter from campaigners says the Strikes Bill discriminates against women as they represent a large proportion of the affected workforce.

A record number of junior doctors have voted in favour of industrial action, which will see some 40,000 staff walk out for 72 hours.

Postal workers at Royal Mail have delivered the 'biggest national strike vote in British history', according to their union.

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak says the government is doing little to resolve the strikes, and HR is not equipped to deal with unions.

RMT rejects pay offers made by Network Rail and the train operating companies after consulting with its members.

The number of people making applications for degrees in nursing fell by 19% year on year, according to UCAS statistics.

Fire strikes announcement postponed after new pay offer tabled by employers.

After a legal challenge by the Royal Mail Group, the CWU decides to cancel next week's postal strike and focus on a new ballot.

The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill has been voted through the House of Commons, but ministers have been accused of pushing it through without proper scrutiny.

Firefighters across the UK have voted to walk out in a dispute about pay, in the first national strikes in...

Employers are gearing up for a potentially disruptive week as around half a million workers prepare to strike on Wednesday 1 February.

University unions have rejected a final offer from the sector’s employer body, saying it ‘falls well short’ of what they are demanding.

The ILO, the UN's workers' rights watchdog, has said it has not backed the controversial strikes bill as ministers have suggested.

Train drivers are to strike on 1 and 3 February after their union rejected a renewed pay offer.