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Trade unions

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

University staff go on strike today with more on the way as pay and pension dispute rages on (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)
University staff go on strike today with more on the way as pay and pension dispute rages on (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

University staff go on strike over pay and pension dispute

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Rail workers will stage a series of fresh strikes in March and April (Photo: Getty Images)
Rail workers will stage a series of fresh strikes in March and April (Photo: Getty Images)

Strike action taking place in March 2023 in the UK - including NEU

South Lanarkshire EIS members hold a rally outside council headquarters
South Lanarkshire EIS members hold a rally outside council headquarters

Scottish Government new pay offer to teaching unions with £156m of extra funding

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).
Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

Private firms could be set to increase their benefits from National Care Service contracts to £2.2m in total.
Private firms could be set to increase their benefits from National Care Service contracts to £2.2m in total.

Unions fume as six-figure National Care Service contract set for private firms

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills Shirley-Anne Somerville
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills Shirley-Anne Somerville

'Scope for compromise' in dispute with teachers - Scotland’s Education Secretary

A number of schools will be closed due to EIS strike action
A number of schools will be closed due to EIS strike action

Full list of schools that will close in January due to strike action

RMT Union members stage an industrial protest. Picture: John Devlin
RMT Union members stage an industrial protest. Picture: John Devlin

If you think strikes are irritating try poor pay and working conditions

Teachers across Scotland took strike action last week
Teachers across Scotland took strike action last week

More strikes loom as teachers formally reject 'unacceptable' pay offer

The Scottish Government has been criticised for its planned National Care Service reform
The Scottish Government has been criticised for its planned National Care Service reform

Care Service plans 'unforgivably' threatened by private consultant spending

Kevin Stewart said the National Care Service would help eradicate 'postcode lotteries'.
Kevin Stewart said the National Care Service would help eradicate 'postcode lotteries'.

National Care Service is not centralisation, insists SNP social care minister

Organiser and host of one of the rally events Taj Ali
Organiser and host of one of the rally events Taj Ali

Enough is Enough Rally: what is happening on October 1

Bin strikes across Scottish local authorities will go ahead this week despite a new pay offer being made.
Bin strikes across Scottish local authorities will go ahead this week despite a new pay offer being made.

Bin strikes to go ahead across Scotland as more waste workers walk out

A number of councils could go on strike
A number of councils could go on strike

In full: The Scottish councils facing potential strike action

Trade union leaders warn that scenes like this of uncollected refuse could be common across Scotland as council workers vote to strike over pay
Trade union leaders warn that scenes like this of uncollected refuse could be common across Scotland as council workers vote to strike over pay

'Waste could pile high' warning as council workers vote to strike

Thousands of council workers are set to strike
Thousands of council workers are set to strike

'Rubbish will pile high' and schools close as council workers vote to strike

Pat Rafferty, Unite's Scottish secretary, said thousands of new members have signed up in Scotland since the turn of the year. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA
Pat Rafferty, Unite's Scottish secretary, said thousands of new members have signed up in Scotland since the turn of the year. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Unions see surge in Scottish members as cost of living crisis worsens

Women council workers fighting for fair equal pay compensation. Picture: John Devlin
Women council workers fighting for fair equal pay compensation. Picture: John Devlin

Trade unions need to think hard about impact of industrial action – Sandy Begbie

The STUC has called on council candidates to demand urgent rent controls.
The STUC has called on council candidates to demand urgent rent controls.

Unions call for Scottish council candidates to back 'urgent' rent controls

Council workers in more than half of Scotland’s local authorities are to take strike action as part of a row over pay.
Council workers in more than half of Scotland’s local authorities are to take strike action as part of a row over pay.

COP26: Council workers strike could ‘close schools and leave waste uncollected’

PricewaterhouseCoopers has received a £100k contract to help design the National Care Service
PricewaterhouseCoopers has received a £100k contract to help design the National Care Service

'Deeply troubling': National Care Service contract awarded to consultancy firm

Furloughed staff say a restaurant chain asked for 10% of their wages - and threatened redundancy if they didn’t agree (Photo: Shutterstock)
Furloughed staff say a restaurant chain asked for 10% of their wages - and threatened redundancy if they didn’t agree (Photo: Shutterstock)

Furloughed staff say a restaurant chain asked for 10% of their wages - and threa...

A general view of Edinburgh's Princes Street during the nation's first lockdown. Picture: Lisa Ferguson
A general view of Edinburgh's Princes Street during the nation's first lockdown. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

What will Nicola Sturgeon announce for Scotland in her Covid-19 statement today?

More than 10,000 retail jobs lost in Scotland in five years before coronavirus p...

More than 10,000 retail jobs lost in Scotland in five years before coronavirus p...

BiFab, Burntisland
BiFab, Burntisland

BiFab: Unions call on Scottish Government to publish all legal advice on funding...

Trump supporters hold a rally in Oregon City to mark Labor Day, a holiday that celebrates workers, not unions (Picture: Michael Arellano/AP)
Trump supporters hold a rally in Oregon City to mark Labor Day, a holiday that celebrates workers, not unions (Picture: Michael Arellano/AP)

Why the US celebrates Labor Day – Henry McLeish

Fears are rising that people will be sacked and rehired on lower wages.
Fears are rising that people will be sacked and rehired on lower wages.

New call for firms to be banned from sacking and re-hiring staff on worse terms

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Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader
Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader

Humza Yousaf faces ‘full in-tray’ as half of Scots think country on wrong path

Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why unionists should not celebrate Yousaf's election as SNP leader

A man drops flowers to a makeshift memorial where baloons and Teddy bears are left on the outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 27. -(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
A man drops flowers to a makeshift memorial where baloons and Teddy bears are left on the outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 27. -(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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