All news on the topic: Unions

Around 50,000 doctors are staging pickets outside hospitals across England in a strike over pay, and have told how they are using food banks and borrowing money to pay rent

Communication Workers Union executives met yesterday and a Royal Mail spokesman again stressed the firm’s parlous plight as pay talks rumble on

Strikes could continue after NHS union members began a campaign to snub the Government's 'insulting' new pay deal, despite the Royal College of Nursing recommending they accept

Paris Hilton made a surprise appearance as she joined a picket line in London alongside striking journalists at the BBC, who were staging a 24 hour walkout

The BMA says they are striking for “pay restoration” after a real-terms cut of 26%, but NHS national medical director warns patients face significant disruption

National Education Union joint general secretary Kevin Courtney said he expected "more than half of all schools" to close or partially shut

The British Medical Association held a consultative ballot to find out if NHS consultants would be prepared to strike over pay and pensions. It will now proceed with a formal ballot next month

More than 13,000 ambulance workers were due to go on strike on March 6 and 8 but, after Unite joined Unison and the GMB in calling off the walk-outs, there will be a full service this upcoming week

Leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin Williamson and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising hard-working staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe during the pandemic

The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” - a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines

A Commons hearing was told about digital devices that workers carry that can monitor their movements, with company boss Simon Thompson saying technology called Outdoor Actuals had been agreed with unions

The Government's controversial law is currently making its way through Parliament and comes amid a wave of industrial action among desperate NHS staff, civil servants and railway workers

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is considering fresh industrial action over three separate days, which would run throughout the night, as ministers stonewall on pay demands

Bobbie Moore recalled being locked in an office and groped by a male colleague who was allowed to resign at the McDonald's branch where she worked in Beckton, east London

The Communication Workers Union have announced a fresh Royal Mail strike is set to go ahead on February 16 as the dispute over pay and working conditions rages on

Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley was joined by co-host Susanna Reid as well as guest journalists Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire, as they discussed banning swearing in the office

The Voice of the Mirror says the Tories have exploited and undervalued teachers after years of plummeting wages, and strikes must lead to meaningful negotiations

Last-ditch talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan failed to break the deadlock on Monday, with union leaders saying the top Tory 'squandered' the chance to call off walkouts by refusing to get serious on pay

The NAHT, which represents school leaders, warned of an exodus from the classrooms as headteachers quit their jobs and leave the state schools system altogether after just a few years

New TUC boss Paul Nowak told the Sunday Mirror in an exclusive interview: “The PM must get me and union leaders into the room to sort this out. We’ll go to No10 tomorrow. The ball is in his court.”

Sharon Graham, General Secretary of Unite, says the National Health Service is on its knees but this is just a snapshot of the sickness at the heart of politics in this country

The Women and Equalities committee heard there were “two sides” to football . One was about bringing people together while the other was 'sadly' far more sinister

Widespread industrial action shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants and ambulance workers among those set for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions

Teachers are set to strike in February as the National Education Union chiefs is set to announce results of a ballot for industrial action on Monday - despite NASUWT failing to meet the threshold for action

Even more nurses will walk out next month as the row continues over pay and staff shortages which staff say are putting patients' safety and lives at risk