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London bus strikes: All 43 routes facing little or no service as walkouts begin [The Standard] 14-08-2026

Heatwave: Firefighters' union chief warns country faces 'national emergency' [The Mirror] 14-08-2026

Unions slam ‘scaremongering’ over costs of banning ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts [Morning Star] 14-08-2026

1 in 3 insecure workers face £3000 annual hit – government assessment reveals [TUC] 14-08-2026

UK workers struggling in extreme heat [Guardian] 14-08-2026

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Revealed: overwhelming majority of British people back maximum workplace temperature limit 2026-08-14 [Friends Of The Earth]

1500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes 2026-08-14 [MorningStar]

UK workers struggling in extreme heat 2026-08-14 [Guardian]

1 in 3 insecure workers face £3000 annual hit – government assessment reveals 2026-08-14 [TUC]

Blue plaque for Asquith Xavier 2026-08-14 [RMT]

Bus drivers go on strike as extreme heat in cabs ‘could lead to fatal crashes’ 2026-08-14 [Morning Star]

Unions slam ‘scaremongering’ over costs of banning ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts 2026-08-14 [Morning Star]

Binning batteries can start fires and put lives at risk, says union boss 2026-08-14 [BBC]

England Firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year 2026-08-14 [The Union-Bulletin]

Heatwave: Firefighters' union chief warns country faces 'national emergency' 2026-08-14 [The Mirror]

England Oxfordshire County Council: Firefighters’ ‘exhausted’ summer 2026-08-14 [Rayo]

RNLI workers strike over island redundancy dispute 2026-08-14 [BBC]

Hundreds of Thales defence workers secure new pay deal 2026-08-14 [Unite]

Staff at Institute of Cancer Research in continuous strike action over pay 2026-08-14 [Unite]

London bus strikes: All 43 routes facing little or no service as walkouts begin 2026-08-14 [The Standard]

Strong showing on FCDO picket line 2026-08-13 [PCS]

England Blackburn and Burnley hospitals biomedicine staff pay strikes escalate 2026-08-13 [Unite]

Ireland Northern Ireland Enniskillen factory staff to strike for two weeks as dispute escalates 2026-08-13 [The Telegraph]

England Unions Slam ‘Disrespectful’ V&A Director Amid Dispute Over Pay And Conditions 2026-08-13 [Ocula]

Scotland Dunfermline based FMC Technologies workers in strike threat over pay 2026-08-13 [Unite]

Ireland Northern Ireland Sarah Doherty: women’s rights campaigner remembered by Derry and Inishowen family 2026-08-13 [Ireland Live]

Arriva North London drivers strike over roasting buses as capital sees fifth heatwave 2026-08-13 [Unite]

Nurses fainting in ‘inhumane’ conditions due to extreme heat, union warns 2026-08-13 [The Guardian]

Sharon Graham re-elected Unite secretary in decisive victory 2026-08-13 [Unite the Union]

Sharon Graham re-elected as Unite general secretary in decisive victory 2026-08-12 [Unite]

Extreme heat at work: what are my rights as temperatures approach 37°C 2026-08-12 [The Workers Union]

England We are in a mobile greenhouse’ say bus drivers striking over heat 2026-08-11 [SW]

Octopus Energy denies it is anti-union as GMB pushes for recognition for workers 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

Heat strikes are a warning — we must change to adapt to a hotter world 2026-08-11 [Morning Star]

PM rejects unions and climate activists' calls to set maximum workplace temperature 2026-08-11 [Morning Star]

University of Cambridge whistleblower who reported alleged bullying wins employment tribunal 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

Probation staff vote to strike in blow to Burnham plans on early release 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

HSE issues £60k fine after worker injured in fall 2026-08-11 [HRmagazine]

Drivers are demanding all buses are fitted with effective air conditioning 2026-08-11 [MyLondon]

Struggling Asda to offload 3,500 store cleaners in a move branded 'detestable' by GMB union 2026-08-11 [Mirror]

FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews 2026-08-11 [The Guardian]

Probation officers expected to back strikes over early release scheme workloads 2026-08-10 [Morning Star]

Unions brand V&A director Tristram Hunt ‘disrespectful’ for not attending strike talks 2026-08-10 [Morning star]

Delays to publication of blacklisting report down to new evidence needing investigation, Inquiry says 2026-08-10 [Morning Star]

Cambridge Marshall Aerospace strikes off after workers secure improved pay deal 2026-08-10 [Unite]

SoA warns tax payment proposals could harm authors 2026-08-10 [Society of Authors]

Unite chief: ‘no place to hide’ for those involved in blacklisting scandal 2026-08-08 [Construction News]

Union calls for robust review of OBR over fears it holds back economic growth 2026-08-08 [TUC]

Firefighters hail victory as Reform-led Kent council rejects plans for major service cuts 2026-08-07 [Morning Star]

Scotland Heriot-Watt academic staff begin two-day strike over job cut plans 2026-08-07 [Morning Star]

Firefighters praised during a demanding summer 2026-08-07 [BBC]

England V&A workers win toilet break dispute with museum - but strike action to go ahead 2026-08-07 [The Standard]

England Tyrell crisp makers sign union deal 2026-08-07 [GMB]

England Refuse collectors strike over pay and conditions 2026-08-07 [BBC]

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