Strikes

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

The train drivers' union says the timing of the strikes was not aimed as disrupting Tory members attending their annual conference

Union says Tory accusations inspired train strike targeting conference

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

Bin collections in Sheffield will go ahead as normal this week after a two-day strike by refuse workers was called off following a new pay offer from Veolia

Bin strikes called off after refuse collectors accept new pay offer

Veolia has warned people to expect disruption to bin collections due to two days of industrial action planned on Tuesday, September 26 and Wednesday, September 27. File photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Two day bin strike announced in Sheffield

Toby Foster has lost his long-running Radio Sheffield breakfast show to newcomer Ellie Colton, but now has an afternoon slot broadcast across Yorkshire

Toby Foster leaves BBC Radio Sheffield Breakfast 'this autumn'

Junior doctors have already walked out this year

NHS warns consultant and junior doctor strikes will disrupt care

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in July, prompting more recession fears.

Recession fears as UK economy shrinks by ‘more than expected’ in July

An almost empty Sheffield railway station hit by the rail strikes in June.

No trains at all in or out of Sheffield today due to strike action

Commuters walk past a train stopped at a platform in Waterloo Station in London, during a national strike day, on February 1, 2023.

Rail strikes spell bank holiday travel chaos - 20,000 workers walk out

Dr Caroline Wilson, consultant oncologist at Weston Park Cancer Care, with her daughter.

Sheffield NHS consultants go on strike to “protect the NHS”

Train services in the UK are set to be disrupted again this weekend as tens of thousands of workers gear up for more industrial action.

Rail strikes: Full list of industrial action in August & September

Radiographers are the medical professionals responsible for carrying out X-rays, MRI and CT scans, ultrasounds, breast screenings, as well as radiotherapy for cancer patients.

Sheffield radiographers strike over low pay and working conditions

The British Medical Association has granted an exemption to striking Junior Doctor's at Sheffield's Jessop Wing after strike cover became unavailable.

Exemption for Junior Doctors as local strike cover becomes unavailable

London Gatwick Airport will be hit by eight days of strikes this summer - Credit: Adobe

Gatwick Airport to be hit by strikes for eight days of summer holidays

DVLA manages everything from driving licences to car tax

DVLA warns of driving licence delays as 100 workers strike for 15 days

Thousands of driving tests cancelled in June as examiners strike

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Full list of rail operators to be impacted by ASLEF and RMT strikes

Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin will serve as executive producer on the series

Game of Thrones spin-off halted due to Hollywood writers’ strikes

RMT strikers (Photo: Getty Images)

RMT members back further rail strike action

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Ryanair has been forced to cut some flights in August due to delivery issues with their new Boeing aircraft. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Ryanair cancels 220 flights over May 1 bank holiday due to strikes

Teachers are striking again. Credit: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images

When and where teachers’ strikes are happening and if schools close

Striking employees gather around a fire outside Gronfreville-l'Orcher refinery on March 24, 2023

Strikes to be aware of this Easter & how to avoid them

A quarter of the UK Passport Office’s 4,000 staff are expected to walk out during five weeks of strikes, from April 3rd to May 5th in England, Scotland and Wales. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Timeframe for passport renewal during strikes by Passport Office

North Ronaldsay Lighthouse in the Orkney Islands is one of the 208 lighthouses operated by NLB.

Lighthouse workers vote for strike action in historic first

April will see strike action affect everything from rail service to civil and public services.

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

The all-out strike in April will see over 130,000 civil and public sector workers walk out.

Over 130,000 civil and public servants to walk out on strike in April

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

Thousands of campaigners and NHS workers have joined protests across England.

Junior doctors to strike in 72-hour walkout in March

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

Strike action by firefighters has been avoided for now

UK firefighters postpone strike action to vote on improved pay offer

The CWU have called off two strike dates planned in Ferbuary after a legal challenge from Royal Mail.

Postal workers call off strikes after legal challenge from Royal Mail

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

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Royal Mail boss received £140k bonus as union prepare for more strikes

Tory MP says NHS nurses using food banks should ‘budget better’

Teachers from the NEU in England and Wales will take strike action on a total of seven dates.

When are teachers across England and Wales taking strike action?

Christina McAnea, general secretary of UNISON, poses with ambulance workers at a picket line outside the Waterloo ambulance station in London on December 21, 2022. - Striking UK ambulance workers took to the picket lines, escalating a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

Ambulance workers in England announce two new strike dates

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