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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 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

Explainer 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)

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)

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?

Striking is the only form of power working people have access to

Thousands of rail workers to stage three days of strikes in June

Government and unions set for major clash over national rail strike

A Post Office strike over pay has forced 114 branches to close across UK (Photo: Getty)

Post Office strike over pay forces 114 branches to close across UK

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Who owns P&O Ferries? DP World explained after staff redundancies

Jabs in England are currently being carried out in schools by nurses and immunisation teams (Photo: Getty Images)

Walk-in Covid jab centres open to under 16s to boost uptake

Around 150 nursery school staff from across England are set to protest outside Downing Street in a call for an increase in funding (Photo: Shutterstock)

Nursery school staff to protest outside Downing Street over funding

Is Stagecoach on strike? Latest on affected routes

Thirty one Virgin Money stores will close early next year.

Virgin Money to close 31 branches with 112 job losses

Who is Sharon Graham? First female leader of Unite the Union

MPs and unions criticise government over "miserly" 50p rise in statutory sick pay (Photo: Shutterstock)

Government criticised over 'miserly' 50p rise in statutory sick pay