Unions

A union has said flexible working is still “stigmatised” and it is driving parents of young children out of work.

Parents driven out of jobs by lack of flexible working, union warns

Teachers are considering strike action to secure an above-inflation pay increase and reduce their workload

Teachers consider striking over pay increase and workload

Louvre Museum is being impacted by strikes

Louvre strike closures: Disruptions at world’s most popular museum

NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede (centre) believes the current exam system is too high stakes

Are GCSE and A Level exams outdated? One teaching union thinks so

Reform is finding its feet after taking control of local authorities during recent elections

More evidence of surge in union membership in Reform local councils

The British Medical Association has threaten strike action after receiving a 4% pay rise for doctors.

Doctor threaten strike action after 4% pay rise offer

Proposed changes to Ofsted inspections have come under fire from teaching unions

Why Ofsted is facing legal action over proposed changes to inspections

One in four teachers say they experience pupil violence at least once a term

Teachers declare ‘pupil behaviour emergency’ - here's how bad it is

Rachel Reeves has announced Civil Service cuts.

Business in under two minutes: 50,000 Civil Service jobs under threat

Three new teacher strike dates have been announced

New teacher strike dates for February 2025 announced

More flexibility for teachers and better pay and conditions for school support staff are on the cards

What Labour's new employment rights bill means for teachers

M*A*S*H screenwriter and producer Dan Wilcox, has died at 82

Breaking Emmy Award winner dies

Consultant strikes in the NHS could draw to a close after it was announced that the government and union have reached a deal on pay. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Government and unions reach deal on NHS consultants pay

Teachers at a secondary school in Cambridgeshire are taking strike action over "draconian" behaviour rules which leave some students "living in fear". Credit: Getty Images

Teachers to strike over school rules which make pupils 'live in fear'

Junior doctors and medical consultants on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary amid their dispute with the Government over pay. PIC: Dave Higgens/PA Wire

More than one million appointments cancelled by NHS strikes

WGA come to ‘tentative’ agreement to end strike action in Hollywood

Schools across Scotland are set to go on strike after the union rejects a pay offer from the local authorities.

Breaking Scottish school strikes to go ahead after union rejects pay offer
Schools across Scotland are set to go on strike after the union rejects a pay offer from the local authorities.
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Over 40% of British trains running late in 2023 - worst hit stations

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. Credit: LGA

Government's own risk level in 2021 highlighted school collapse issue

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Breaking Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

Jeremy Corbyn has called for nationalisation of energy companies after Centrica's huge profits. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Exclusive 'Greed crisis': calls for nationalisation after huge Centrica profits

Holidaymakers visiting the Balearic Islands could be left without fresh sheets or towels in hotels next month (Photo: Adobe)

Spain warning as hotels ‘won’t have sheets or towels’ next month

The Royal College of Nursing failed to meet the required number of votes to enable more walkouts (Photo: Getty Images)

Nurse strikes to end as RCN boss warns fight over pay ‘far from over’

Virgin Media will axe hundreds of jobs

Virgin Media O2 set to axe hundreds of jobs despite soaring revenues

The RMT's Mick Lynch confirmed three more days of strikes in July (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

RMT and Aslef announce fresh rail strike dates in October

Unite the union said its members will no longer strike following an improved pay offer from the employers. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty images)

Unite calls off 31-day Heathrow Airport strike after last-minute offer

Holidaymakers travelling to Spain with Jet2 this week are being warned to brace for flight delays (Photo: Adobe)

Jet2 strike warning to UK holidaymakers with flights booked to Spain

The TUC slammed the Bill as “undemocratic” and “unworkable” (Photo: Getty Images)

Union protest against ‘draconian’ law on minimum service levels
The TUC slammed the Bill as “undemocratic” and “unworkable”
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The Royal Mail’s share price has decreased significantly since 2022 (images: Adobe/Getty Images)

Explainer How strikes have affected Royal Mail’s share price

Teachers and members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold placards during a demonstration called by the NEU trade unions in the streets of Reading, on February 1, 2023 during a national strike day

BreakingExplainer Fresh teacher strikes in July unless pay dispute resolved by mid-June

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has called the deal his “final offer”, and has urged the RCN and others holding out to join other health unions in accepting it (Photos: Getty)

Breaking Threat of further strikes as RCN pushes for double-digit pay rise

Demonstrators from the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) hold flares during this year’s May Day protests in Paris, France (Photo: Ameer Alhalbi/Getty Images)

French May Day protests turn violent with 108 police officers injured

Fiona Bruce on the set of Question Time. Question Time is returning to TV screens - days after the pay of its host Fiona Bruce was revealed. The flagship BBC One political show will be back Thursday with a slightly larger virtual audience than in the last series.

Full panel line-up for BBC Question Time in Bristol

Members of the Railway and Transport Union and of the United Service Union (ver.di) protest in Munich city centre during a nationwide strike on 27 March in Germany (Photo: Leonhard Simon/Getty Images)

Germany’s ‘mega’ transport strike action impacts European travel

Key workers are struggling to afford even the most basic food items, according to the Food Foundation (image: Getty Images)

Charity report finds NHS staff and teachers ‘struggle to afford food’

Teaching unions have entered intensive talks with education secretary Gillian Keegan on Friday (Photos: Getty)

Govt and teachers unions meet for 'intensive talks' after strikes

NHS physiotherapists take part in a strike outside of St Thomas’ Hospital on January. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Breaking NHS unions and government reach pay offer deal

The government is planning to soften its hardline position towards striking NHS workers in a fresh bid to bring the long-running dispute to an end, reports suggest. Credit: Getty Images

Ministers ‘soften’ approach to NHS strikes in bid to end union dispute

Thousands of nurses in England will join the picket line on 6 February. (Image: Kim Mogg / Getty Images)

Explainer More NHS strikes to take place this week after historic day

The public order bill has sparked concerns over measures which could be brought in to crackdown on protesters.

Explainer Unions and rights groups set for No 10 protest over ‘anti-strikes’ law

Thousands of ambulance workers are staging more strikes (Photo: PA)

Unison, Unite and GMB ambulance workers stage more strikes

Thousands of ambulance workers across England and Wales are striking today (Photo: PA)

Ambulance staff go on strike as patients warned ‘expect delays’

Mick Lynch (left), general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and assistant general secretary John Leach on their way to the Department for Transport in London for a meeting. Credit: PA

More strikes expected as unions slam government talks as an ‘insult’

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Latest train strike cripples services - dates of January walk outs

Labour would repeal any new anti-strike laws if its wins the next election, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Credit: Getty Images

Explainer Labour’s stance on strikes explained - and how it compares to Tories

Rishi Sunak is poised to announce legislation which would curb the right to strike (Photo: Getty Images)

Anti-strike laws could allow employers to sue unions and sack staff

Strikes could continue into summer and become more co-ordinated

Ambulance services and hospital trusts across the UK have declared critical incidents (Photo: PA)

Ambulance staff to stage further strike action in January

Thousand of nurses and ambulance workers have taken industrial action over the last week

Government ‘could fast-track NHS pay rise’ after union stalemate

Nurses and midwives from two different unions in Scotland have rejected the latest pay deals offered by the Scotland government

Nurses in Scotland plan fresh strikes as ‘final’ pay offer rejected

Eleven NHS trusts across England currently have food banks in place for staff (Graphic: NationalWorld)

Exclusive: 11 NHS Trusts in England have opened food banks for staff

Transport Secretary says he won’t negotiate with Mick Lynch

Train strikes are set to bring the UK’s railway network to an almost complete standstill in October (image: AFP/Getty Images)

October dates for train strikes amid union pay and conditions dispute

Test engineer Scott Bibby in the driver’s seat of a Hitachi Intercity Express Programme train (IEP) at Hitachi’s manufacturing plant in Newyton Aycliffe, north-east England (Photo:SCOTT HEPPELL/AFP via Getty Images)

Train driver’s salary UK: how much do train drivers earn?

Public sector pay has been outstripped by inflation, leaving workers worse off than they were a decade ago

Public sector workers £43 a week worse off than in 2010

Public sector pay rises announced - but unions say it’s not enough

Police pay rise 2022: how much will officers wages increase?

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