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KCL Unison Declares Two-Day Strike Over Pay Dispute 2026-03-01 [Roar]

Council workers to vote over possible pay strike 2026-02-17 [BBC]

Birmingham bin strike: ‘We are determined to fight until we win’ 2026-02-14 [Counterfire]

Domestic Violence Advisors take Solace charity to CAC over recognition fight 2026-02-14 [IER]

Hospital staff in Leeds to walk out for further strikes next week 2026-02-13 [UNISON]

Brighton play revives pioneering woman trade union leader 2026-02-13 [Sussex World]

Union rejects offer to end long-running NHS strike 2026-02-11 [BBC]

Educators' union staff strike over bullying and misogyny 2026-02-11 [HR Magazine]

University staff to go on strike for three days after rejecting pay offer 2026-02-10 [Bristol Live]

Birmingham bin workers vote to extend strikes past May elections and into September 2026-02-10 [Unite]

Strikes at NEU London offices in row over bullying 2026-02-10 [Unite]

Yorkshire Airedale NHS microbiology pay strikes escalate 2026-02-09 [Unite]

How is Birmingham's bin strike going to be resolved? 2026-02-09 [BBC]

Hundreds of Barnsley Hospital workers ready to strike 2026-02-06 [GMB]

Wedgwood job losses 'body blow' 2026-02-06 [GMB]

Strikes by East London workers at the Lea Interchange Bus Company halted 2026-02-06 [Unite]

Birmingham council accused of cowardice as it seeks ban on protests in support of bin workers 2026-02-05 [The Morning Star]

JLR Solihull DHL workers ballot for strikes over pay 2026-02-05 [Unite]

DLR cleaners to strike and protest at TfL Board over ‘inhumane’ outsourcing HomeNewsArticle 2026-02-04 [RMT]

Birmingham City Council seeks injunction to ban ‘Megapickets’ and solidarity action 2026-02-04 [IER]

One-woman show to tell the story of forgotten union leader Sara Wesker 2026-02-04 [The Argus]

Staff at Leeds Conservatoire to strike over false promises and ‘two-tier workforce’ 2026-02-03 [UNISON]

BAE staff begin new three-week strike action 2026-02-02 [BBC]

Equity and Manchester Village Pride to sign first ever UK union agreement for a Pride event 2026-02-02 [IER]

Birmingham's bin collections cancelled ahead of megapicket as council says 'not safe' 2026-01-30 [Birmingham Live]

'I'm one of Birmingham's striking binmen - I work in a pub to make ends meet' 2026-01-29 [BBC]

Hundreds of Liverpool workers strike over pay as union warns action 'will intensify' unless solution agreed 2026-01-29 [The World]

Metropolitan Police strikes called off as workers accept new pay offer 2026-01-29 [Unite]

Outsourced cleaners to protest outside City Hall over sick pay 2026-01-28 [The Morning Star]

NUJ raises concern over raid on Adil Raja 2026-01-28 [NUJ]

How Wapping shaped today’s media and industrial relations: Marx House conference brings dispute back to life 2026-01-26 [The Morning Star]

Windrush line staff vote for three-day strike 2026-01-24 [BBC]

The Battle of Wapping begins – archive, January 1986 2026-01-24 [The Guardian]

Second Step mental health staff announce seven more strike days 2026-01-22 [UNISON]

Cambridge Stagecoach workers intensify strike action over pay disparities 2026-01-21 [Unite]

Week-long walkout over pensions starts at hospital 2026-01-20 [BBC]

Farce at coal mining museum as striking staff given pay offer that could see them disciplined 2026-01-16 [UNISON]

Hundreds of Liverpool workers on strike this week: what you need to know 2026-01-16 [The Echo]

Airedale hospital workers hand in 7,000 petition ahead of strike 2026-01-16 [GMB]

Regulator opens compliance case into mining charity amid ongoing staff strike 2026-01-15 [Civil Society]

Staff at special school willing to strike over suspended union rep 2026-01-14 [The Canary]

Snooker textiles firm staff strike over pay 2026-01-13 [BBC]

Diligenta staff escalate strike action in pay dispute 2026-01-12 [Unite]

Mining museum strike extended into summer 2026-01-10 [UNISON]

West Yorkshire Combined Authority workers to strike next week 2026-01-10 [UNISON]

Durham University staff to vote on strike action 2026-01-10 [BBC]

Mining museum workers extend strike into summer 2026-01-10 [BBC]

No balls please! Tennis ball and snooker cloth makers go on strike over pay 2026-01-09 [Unite]

'We're absolutely determined to carry on': Birmingham bin worker's message to Brummies as strike hits one year 2026-01-09 [The World]

Met Police staff plan second strike over pay 2026-01-09 [HR Reporter]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-03-1985 A Special Delegate Conference of the NUM votes by 98-91 for a return to work after the year-long miners' strike. [more]