Strikes

"Brutal" ex-United target back on market after contract call

United could break Coventry hearts for third year with transfer move

Three new teacher strike dates have been announced

New teacher strike dates for February 2025 announced

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

Everything you need to know about upcoming sixth form college strikes

UK holidaymakers are being warned of “numerous flight cancellations” that are set to hit airports in Portugal this week. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Flight cancellations to hit airports in holiday hotspot

University lecturers staff from the UCU are striking over pay, conditions and pensions. The union said on Wednesday they had made a "breakthrough" on conditions and pensions during talks, but pay is yet to be resolved.

Union announces strike action for the first week of new academic year

Teachers' unions have praised a proposed pay rise from the new government (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

What teachers say about government's new 'above inflation' pay offer

Bin collectors in High Storrs on Monday, July 29 as Unite's threat to bring services to a standstill fades.

Bin collections taking place as union's 'standstill' threat fades

Refuse workers in Sheffield will go on strike next week.

Bin collection changes as refuse workers go on strike

A person walks along a railway platform at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Video report: Is it time to re-nationalise rail?

The junior doctors’ strike will run for five days from 7am on February 24 to 29.

Sheffield NHS: Hospital unit to close, delays expected during strike

Many adults ignore serious health issues – to relieve pressure on NHS

NHS director says junior doctor strikes will cause "huge disruption"

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

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