Lufthansa strike disrupts plans for 200,000 passengers
Talks between the Verdi union and the airline faltered last week, with the union asserting that 96% of its members rejected Lufthansa’s most recent offer.
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Ambulance strikes to go ahead after talks fall short
More than 10,000 ambulance workers will go on strike as planned on Wednesday (11 January) despite talks with Health Secretary yesterday, GMB Union has said.
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HR in Review 36 – Employment law including IR35 and Strikes with Julia Kermode and Seb Maley
In this HR in review episode, we discuss the nature of strikes and explore why hiring temp staff to cover strikes is not the best approach. Seb then gives the latest on IR35, outlining the recent changes to legislation and its impact on HR.
Read MoreHunt brands BMA ‘totally irresponsible’ as another strike looms
The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has accused the British Medical Association of behaving in a ‘totally irresponsible way’ over the ongoing dispute about the new junior doctors’ contract.
Read MoreJunior doctors strike as London prepares for tube disruption
Strike action is currently causing severe disruption to the National Health Service after junior doctors began strike action earlier today. It was also announced yesterday that London will, once again, be crippled by more Tube strikes as rail unions continue to fight the proposed ‘night tube’ service
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Talks due to resume to solve junior doctor crisis
Representatives of the government and the British Medical Association will re-start talks today to avoid strikes by junior doctors slated to start on Tuesday. The strikes will be the first for decades and army medics are on stand-by to be drafted into hospitals as replacements, should the strikes go ahead.
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Conservatives announce public sector strike restrictions
New business secretary Sajid Javid has today announced the introduction of tougher rules on union strike ballots.
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Bus drivers take to the streets today to demand collective bargaining
Hundreds of London’s bus drivers, all members of the UK’s largest union Unite, will...
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TUC wants strike ballots to go digital to raise participation
The TUC has written to Business Secretary Vince Cable urging him to modernise the rules that...
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1million local authority employees strike today as new research claims they are £2,245 worse off in real terms
Since the government took office, ministers have either frozen public sector pay or limited pay...
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Argos staff to strike over changes to work/life balance
About 1,000 warehouse staff employed by Argos at five distribution centres will strike for 24...
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If 40 Technicians choose to strike, then whole Underground faces Bank Holiday closure
The London Underground faces a complete close down this bank holiday weekend, as the workers, who...
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Ashley Bookman: London tube strikes – what can be done?
Back in February, it was difficult to pick up a newspaper or turn on a TV without being faced with...
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Greenwich council accused of ‘bullying culture’
Occupational therapists (OTs) at Greenwich council, fed up with an alleged ‘bullying culture’, are...
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Eleanor Rogers: Strike season and childcare – how to come out on top
The latest tube strike may have been called off, but there is another strike planned just around...
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From Grangemouth to Goodyear – how Trade Unions have upped their game
Trade Unions have always trodden the fine line between lawful and unlawful behaviour. Even the...
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