Tag: strikes

Police attacked protesters in France during large May Day celebrations. ...

London May Day rally 2023 organised by trade unions

On the 90th anniversary, we should remember the start of the Nazi crackdown on trade unions

by The Canary

2 May 2023

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) sent out a message on ...

Mick Lynch looking to camera, from the RMT union as Unite rejects a pay offer but the CWU and RCN fall apart Royal Mail strikes

Thank God for the RMT, ASLEF, and Unite – as the CWU and RCN come under fire

Bosses and the Tory government are trying to bring UK ...

Strikes with the CWU (representing Royal Mail too), NEU and RCN logos agency staff

CWU leaders anger members, while Tories’ hardline approach to the NEU and RCN continues

It's been a mixed bag of news about trade unions ...

Offshore oil rig in the North Sea, where workers are preparing to take strike action. Fossil fuels

Offshore workers forced to strike for better conditions prove that greedy bosses need to go

by Hannah Sharland

Unite offshore oil and gas workers will begin two days ...

Rishi Sunak will not be happy with the latest ONS inflation figures

Carnage for the Tories as new figures can’t hide the truth about the wrecked UK economy

8 October 2025

The latest employment-related figures from the Office for National Statistics ...

Nurses strike RCN RMT strikes agency staff

RMT and RCN set to strike again – as nurses stick two fingers up at their union

by Joe Glenton

14 April 2023

National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members, ...

A barricade at a university entrance over the French pensions from Macron

The French pensions revolt: A view from Marseille

by Tom Anderson

France is in revolt. Ever since the 24 March decision ...

‘Disgraceful’ Royal Mail bosses’ latest CWU threat exposes them as shower of self-serving sh*ts

29 March 2023

The dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal ...

‘Mega-strike’ brings Germany to a standstill in a fight for survival amid cost of living crisis

4 October 2025

A major strike brought much of Germany's air traffic, rail ...

Post Office workers should be ‘proud’ following big pay dispute development with CWU

by The Canary

8 October 2025

Trade union the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has been fighting ...

Demonstration outside Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), by the IWW, over the sacking of workers at Saramago bar for union organising

A Glasgow bar has been accused of sacking workers for union organising

by Tom Anderson

8 October 2025

The radical union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) has ...

The Felixstowe Four Unite reps in front of the Port of Felixstowe sign

‘Bullying’ bosses sacked four Port of Felixstowe workers for organising the Unite strike

Four Unite the Union-backed workers from the Port of Felixstowe ...

An NHS campaign sign that says #VoteReject NHS Workers Say No as the RCN accepts the Tories pay offer

While the RCN caves to the Tories’ tawdry pay offer, grassroots campaigners are urging NHS workers to say ‘no’

The Tory government and NHS unions have reached an offer ...

Journalists stage 24-hour strike following Greek train crash

Greek journalists strike for 24 hours following train crash

16 March 2023

Journalists in Greece on 15 March staged a 24-hour strike. ...

Rubbish collectors are on strike against France's pension reform

Rubbish collectors lead last-ditch strikes against France’s pension reforms

15 March 2023

French unions have made an 11th-hour bid to stop the ...

The teachers' strike by the NEU has got the Tories on the back-foot

Teachers’ strike: Tories go to war with NEU as impasse grows