Nurses in England are set to strike again for 48 hours over the May bank holiday as members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) voted to reject the government’s new pay offer on Friday. It comes as around 47,000 junior doctors finished their 96-hour strike in a separate dispute over pay at 7 a.m….
Doctors Union Asks Conciliation Service Acas to Help Break Deadlock Over Strikes
A British doctors union has asked the conciliation service Acas to broker talks with the government amid the continuing junior doctors’ strike over a bitter pay dispute. Junior doctors across England have entered the second day of their four-day strike, which is causing serious disruption to the National Health Service (NHS). It has been estimated…
Four-Day Walkout by Junior Doctors ‘Could See 250,000 Appointments Postponed’
Up to a quarter of a million appointments and operations could be postponed due to four days of strikes by junior doctors, the NHS Confederation has warned, amid fears over patient safety. Dr. Layla McCay, director of policy at the confederation, said health bosses were more concerned about the impact of the latest walkout—which falls…
Paris Sanitation Union Ends Strike as Workers Move to Clear Tonnes of Garbage
Sanitation workers in Paris who have been on a garbage collection strike for 23 days amid a wave of protests across France began returning to work on March 29, union leaders announced. In a press release translated by local media, the union representing sanitation workers, the CGT-FTDNEEA, said the three-week-long strike would be “suspended” as of…
RMT Union Members at Network Rail Accept Pay Offer but Disputes Continue With Train Operators
Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail have voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting an offer to end the dispute that has caused a series of strikes in recent months. The union said the deal includes an uplift on salaries of between 14.4 percent for the lowest paid grades to…
Police Federation Demands 17 Percent Pay Rise for Officers Amid UK Labour Unrest
The UK government has been urged to give a 17 percent pay rise to police officers as the labour unrest in the public sector rumbles on. The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) on Thursday made the demand after a think tank report said real-term police pay has fallen almost 20 percent behind inflation…
Further Strikes by UK Teachers Set to Go Ahead Amid Stalled Pay Negotiations
Further strikes by school teachers in the UK are set to go ahead this month after negotiations on pay increases failed to make progress. The UK government, which is responsible for education in England, has failed to make new pay offers for the current financial year. The authorities in Scotland and Wales made increased pay…
UK Firefighters’ Strikes Postponed After Increased Pay Offer
Planned strikes by UK firefighters have been postponed after employers put forward an increased pay offer. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) had planned to announce dates for strike action after more than 80 percent of its members who voted in a ballot in December backed industrial action. But the union said on Thursday that it…
UK Sees Biggest Strike in a Decade as School Teachers Join Walkout
The UK saw the biggest single day of strikes in a decade on Wednesday, with up to half a million workers, including tens of thousands of teachers, joining the nationwide industrial action. The mass walkout involved members of seven trade unions, including civil servants, train and bus drivers, and university staff. Picket lines were mounted…
France Hit by Nationwide Strikes as Unions Fight Macron’s Pension Reform
PARIS—More than a million people marched through French cities on Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age, with a wave of nationwide strikes halting trains, blocking refineries, and curbing power generation. Buoyed by their success, the country’s leading trade unions called for a second day of strikes on Jan. 31…
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