Industrial action / strikes

Workers at outsourcer Capita have begun strike action in a dispute over their employer’s refusal to negotiate a pay award for 2024.

Avanti West Coast train staff have suspended their strikes set for the next two Sundays to allow for talks.

Avanti West Coast staff will go on strike as planned this Sunday (12 January) as the dispute over pay continues, the RMT union confirms.

England’s biggest teaching union, the National Education Union, has announced it will ballot on strike action.
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Volkswagen has agreed a deal with the IG Metall trade union that will avoid further strikes, plant closures in Germany and immediate compulsory redundancies.

Staff at Coventry University are threatening to strike after learning that around 100 workers could lose their jobs.

Avanti West Coast workers will now strike over New Year's Eve and on Sundays between January and May.

A series of rail strikes due to take place over the Christmas period have been suspended after Avanti West Coast submitted a revised offer to union members.

Metropolitan Police staff vote to take strike action over plans to make them return to the office for three to five days a week.

Amazon workers across six continents are preparing to strike or protest from Black Friday until Cyber Monday (29 November to 2 December).

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said Dnata was attempting to bypass its workers and force through damaging changes to terms and conditions.

Striking workers at Boeing have accepted the latest pay offer which will see them get a 38% pay rise over the next four years.

Police Scotland staff have rejected a pay offer and some are ‘working to rule’ until a better offer is forthcoming.

Unite is unhappy at workers' one-off payment rather than permanent pay increase and introduction of performance-related pay and sick pay changes.

Boeing’s striking workers have rejected a new offer from the aircraft manufacturer, which included a 35% pay rise over four years.