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Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?
Rail strikes

Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?

For two years, Britain’s trains have been stalled by seemingly endless rounds of industrial action. And the end is not, apparently, in sight

Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been ‘positive’, study finds
four-day week

Every single company embracing four-day working week says move has been ‘positive’, study finds

Nine-in-ten businesses that trial the four-day work week keep the policy in place after a year, new research shows

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail
Strikes

Union urges workers in Northern Ireland to block roads and occupy buildings if strikes fail

Teachers, nurses, bus and train drivers, police staff and civil servants are among the 150,000 workers striking in Northern Ireland.

‘We need protection’: How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink
Worker's rights

‘We need protection’: How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink

As Amazon Prime Day pushes the latest deals, these striking workers want a share of the profits
Amazon

As Amazon Prime Day pushes the latest deals, these striking workers want a share of the profits

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Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 
Strikes

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 

Trade unions call for law on maximum working temperature as British workers swelter in heatwave
Heatwave

Trade unions call for law on maximum working temperature as British workers swelter in heatwave

How to join a union
Trade unions

How to join a union

What is my right to strike?
Right to strike

What is my right to strike?

‘Burned out’ Brits are working £26 billion worth of unpaid overtime a year
Workers' rights

‘Burned out’ Brits are working £26 billion worth of unpaid overtime a year

Workers take inspiration from UK trial to demand a four-day week
Four-day working week

Workers take inspiration from UK trial to demand a four-day week

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?
Strike action

Britain on strike: Have we reached boiling point?

History haunts modern life, but will we ever learn from it?
History

History haunts modern life, but will we ever learn from it?

‘Answer the question’: Transport secretary grilled over reports government ‘scuppered deal’ with rail union
Train strikes

‘Answer the question’: Transport secretary grilled over reports government ‘scuppered deal’ with rail union

Which strikes have been cancelled after the Queen’s death?
Strikes

Which strikes have been cancelled after the Queen’s death?

‘Rewarding failure’: New transport secretary urged not to renew train operator contract amid travel chaos
Employment

‘Rewarding failure’: New transport secretary urged not to renew train operator contract amid travel chaos

TUC unveils ‘road map’ to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy
Minium wage

TUC unveils ‘road map’ to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy

Enough is Enough: Unions, food banks and MPs launch campaign to fight the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Enough is Enough: Unions, food banks and MPs launch campaign to fight the cost of living crisis

Why century-dead trade unionist James Connolly is the political voice of the summer
Unions

Why century-dead trade unionist James Connolly is the political voice of the summer

Bosses urged to engage more with unions amid rise in strike action
Strike action

Bosses urged to engage more with unions amid rise in strike action

Low union membership has ‘knocked £400 a month off the average Brit’s paypacket’
Unions

Low union membership has ‘knocked £400 a month off the average Brit’s paypacket’

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The next Mick Lynch? As strike action escalates, these are the union leaders you may come to know
Strike action

The next Mick Lynch? As strike action escalates, these are the union leaders you may come to know

The summer of discontent? Why the cost of living crisis is causing so many strikes
strike action

The summer of discontent? Why the cost of living crisis is causing so many strikes

Cleaners to protest outside Downing Street after Sue Gray revelations of ‘repugnant’ treatment
Partygate

Cleaners to protest outside Downing Street after Sue Gray revelations of ‘repugnant’ treatment

Expect delays: Why there are so many transport strikes planned for this summer
Transport

Expect delays: Why there are so many transport strikes planned for this summer