All news on the topic: Strikes

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Strike action may cost London’s economy £12billion under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan
Estimated costs range from £24 million per day to nearer to £90 million per day
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Teachers warn they’re putting Tories ’on notice’ of more school strikes as ballot delayed
The National Education Union (NEU) said its members will first take part in a ’snap poll"’on the Tories’ pay and funding offer for 2024/25 - once it is published
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Strike action threat at South Western Railway in row over working arrangements
Strikes could be held by members at South Western Railway in a dispute about the "imposition" of changed working times
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Airline forced to cancel 1,000 flights across Europe as cabin crew plan walkouts
Airline Lufthansa has been forced to cancel approximately 1,000 flights to a number of European destinations as cabin crew members have called for strikes
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Easter holiday chaos looms as hundreds of Border Force workers consider strikes
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is balloting Border Force workers at Heathrow Airport on possible strike action which could impact the travel hub over the Easter Holidays
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'I feel the weight of NHS on my shoulders - I'm striking to bring doctors home'
Junior doctor Sumi Manirajan is striking this weekend for adequate pay to 'be valued as a doctor was in 2008 and bring back former NHS colleagues who left for Australia'
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Should food delivery drivers strike on Valentine's Day - vote in our poll
Thousands of Valentine’s Day daters will be unable to order food takeout today as delivery drivers are staging a mass walkout over working conditions and low pay
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Tourists in Canary Islands could face 'chaos' as 'fed up' locals plan protests
Farmers are set to take to the streets in their tractors which could bring roads to a standstill in a crippling blow to Brits who are heading for a holiday there.
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East Midlands Airport to be hit with 15 days of strikes over February
DHL Aviation workers represented by Unite have announced 15 days of strike targeting the cargo airline at East Midlands Airport, which the travel hub says will not impacted passengers
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Lufthansa cancels flights impacting 100,000 passengers as ground staff strike
Ground staff for Lufthansa walked off the job at five major German airports including Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich on Wednesday, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights
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Rail unions accuse Tories of 'behaving like ostriches' as they begin new strikes
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan accused Transport Secretary Mark Harper of making the long-running pay dispute worse as the union starts industrial action today
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ASLEF rail union boss warns of no end to train strikes as talks hit buffers
Mick Whelan, general secretary of train drivers union ASLEF, said it had a “rolling mandate” from members to stage walkouts in a row over pay that has already dragged on for 18 months
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Junior doctors threaten more strikes if ministers don't return to pay talks now
The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, has threatened further industrial action if Health Secretary Victoria Atkins does not return to the negotiating table
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England's top doctor warns NHS will take months to recover from strike action
The medical director of NHS England Sir Stephen Powis says it will take months for the country's health service to recover as junior doctors begin a strike action for better pay
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NHS hospital trusts declare critical incident warning only come if its 'vital'
Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre and the NHS in Portsmouth have declared critical incidents over a junior doctors' strike by the BMA as hundreds of medics begin a six-day walkout
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Six in 10 Brits are sympathetic towards junior doctors strike, research finds
The six-day strike is the longest in NHS history - but as many as a fifth of Brits admit they don't understand the reason behind it
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NHS facing longest strike in history as junior doctors walk out
The indsutrial action, which is set to start at 7am tomorrow morning and end at the same time next week, will see junior doctors walk out as NHS England's medical director warned of "one of the most difficult starts to the year" ever
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Eurotunnel chaos leaves family £3,000 out of pocket in desperate bid to get home
Jack Cormack-Neto and his family were among huge numbers of people caught up in travel chaos on Thursday after a strike by workers for Eurotunnel led 30 Eurostar trains to be cancelled
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Expert gives fresh hope to Christmas travellers with update on train strikes
Train services across northern England were crippled today because of the final day of a wave of strikes by drivers in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions
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Elizabeth Line chaos sparked by manager stepping in to drive train, union says
Aslef, the train drivers' union, has today spoken out following lengthy delays on Elizabeth Line, which is on the London Underground network, on Thursday evening
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NHS bosses voice 'extreme concern' as junior doctors plan strikes over Christmas
Walkouts will run from December 20 to December 23 and from January 3 to January 9 - and NHS England bosses are concerned as the health service is already battling a huge backlog
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Huge train strikes breakthrough as RMT accept pay offer weeks before Christmas
RMT union members have backed a deal to end their strikes, but there will still be major disruption on the railways in the coming days as a different union stages industrial action
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Brits to face travel chaos in December including air traffic and train strikes
Air traffic controllers in France and train workers in the UK are in long running disputes with their employers which look set to cause more disruption this Christmas period
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Chocolate blow before Christmas as factory staff vote for strike action
Staff at the Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate factory in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, have voted in favour of a walkout over failed pay talks, GMB said
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Anti-strike law requiring 40% of trains to run during walkouts 'won't work'
Minimum service levels, restricting rights to strike, will be introduced for ambulance, rail and Border Force staff, but unions have claimed they are 'unworkable'