All news on the topic: Unions

This Government has many other plans to improve efficiency. Soon, nurses will have to bring in their own beds and patients having transplants will be asked to perform the operation ­themselves, writes Mark Steel

Trades Union Congress general secretary Paul Nowak accused ministers of 'going back to the 1980s' by confronting unions rather than trying to resolve the disputes with public sector workers including nurses

Paul Nowak, the new head of the Trades Union Congress, called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to come out of hiding and provide extra funding so nurses and ambulance workers can get a proper pay rise

The former Labour leader was told he 'only has himself to blame' after he stood by his claim that the scale of antisemitism cases in Labour was 'grossly exaggerated'

The RMT and TSSA will hold talks with rail firms' reps on Thursday - as sources voiced hope that ministers will come up with something new to break the deadlock

An 'angry' Unite rep blasted 'insulting' Health Secretary Steve Barclay for offering no deal after talks lasting an hour - despite Rishi Sunak and Downing Street hinting a cash offer could be on the table

Here are all the strike dates currently planned or being balloted on for major unions including railways, paramedics, DVSA driving tests, DVLA, NHS nurses, junior doctors, teachers, firefighters and DWP

Kevin Maguire argues that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is completely out of touch with ordinary working people as strike action grinds on into the New Year across the UK

Rishi Sunak appeared to finally open the door to nurses getting more money this year - but a union chief slapped him down for misrepresenting talks 'on almost every level'

The boss of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union is working night and day on a settlement but ministers will not budge. And he says his members will not give in.

The Prime Minister is holding rare weekend talks with health leaders - after senior medics said the health service was on a knife edge with many A&E units struggling to keep up with demand and trusts and ambulance services declaring critical incidents

Up to 45,000 junior doctors in England will down tools in March for 72 hours if a major strike ballot passes, the British Medical Association has announced today

The government is planning new laws that will limit the right to strike by allowing employers to sack staff and sue trade unions, it is reported, following months of industrial action

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan slammed the leaking of any alleged offer, and said it was likely to be rejected anyway. Even a 4% pay rise would fall well short of inflation

The government could give striking workers extra perks to bring crippling industrial action to an end but it will "hold firm" on pay, a Whitehall source reportedly said