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Equal pay talks have not broken down, says council 2026-06-06 [BBC]

Several Tube lines completely suspended 2026-06-04 [The Independent]

Indefinite strike action to begin Monday 8 June over Goldsmiths lockout 2026-05-30 [IER]

University staff strike over 'savage' job cuts 2026-05-30 [BBC]

Further strikes to take place at Kingsbury special school over ‘fire and rehire’ plan 2026-05-28 [Harrow Online]

Fresh disruption to London buses as Bow drivers continue strikes 2026-05-28 [Unite the Union]

Children’s social care managers in Bath escalate strike action over pay and grading 2026-05-14 [UNISON]

University staff to 'escalate' strike action 2026-05-13 [BBC]

RCA cleaners fired after protesting sexual harassment and workplace abuse 2026-05-13 [IER]

Young finance worker loses finger in horrific London office door accident 2026-05-13 [The Workers Union]

Equity members show solidarity for West End strike vote 2026-05-11 [Equity]

Strike could cost West End bosses hundreds of thousands of pounds a day – Equity 2026-05-11 [The Stage]

Cambridge University pay strikes by hundreds of staff escalate 2026-05-11 [Unite]

Hundreds march in Barnsley to honour centenary of the General Strike 2026-05-09 [We Are Barnsley]

University of Gloucestershire workers escalate strike action in pay dispute 2026-05-05 [UNISON]

Nine Days in May: The General Strike In St Pancras 2026-04-30 [Labour Hub]

Mining museum strike ends as workers vote to accept pay offer 2026-04-28 [UNISON]

Striking Birmingham bin workers ‘vindicated’ as end to long-running dispute ‘within sight’ 2026-04-28 [The Morning Star]

West End Strike Threat: Could Saturday Performances Be Disrupted This Summer? 2026-04-28 [British Theatre]

Mining museum strike ends as pay deal reached 2026-04-28 [BBC]

Cynicism and optimism over end to bin strike 2026-04-28 [BBC]

Union's stark Birmingham bin strike warning despite hopes end is 'within sight' 2026-04-28 [The Express and Star]

Deal ‘within sight’ to end Birmingham bin strike 2026-04-28 [Radio News Hub]

Sheffield Council begins forking out millions in equal pay claims 2026-04-28 [GMB]

Labour MP Sonia Kumar opens TUC lecture in Cradley Heath 2026-04-26 [The News]

Birmingham City Council faces shock new strike threat in equal pay row 2026-04-24 [Birmingham Live]

Denby Pottery Job Losses, GMB responds 2026-04-24 [GMB]

Over 500 University support staff go on strike 2026-04-24 [The Varsity]

Over 500 Cambridge University staff strike over pay 2026-04-21 [Unite]

Miners are back on strike: 'I lost everything last time. I won't go back this time until it's sorted' 2026-04-21 [The Big Issue]

‘People are more unkind’: a glimpse inside Reform’s councils 2026-04-20 [UNISON]

Luton Arriva bus engineers strike over serious sexual harassment and assault issues 2026-04-20 [Unite]

MMU, RNCM University staff strike for pay rises 2026-04-12 [The Mancunion]

Strike ballot opens at Crane Building Services and Utilities 2026-04-08 [GMB]

Why the doctors’ strike matters to all trade unionists 2026-04-06 [The Morning Star]

Unite accuses Birmingham City Council of strike-breaking 2026-04-04 [The Morning Star]

Unions privately voice misgivings over BMA pay demands and doctors’ strikes 2026-04-04 [The Guardian]

Three hospital doctors’ groups threaten to coordinate strike action in England 2026-04-01 [The Guardian]

Starmer gives doctors' union 48 hours to reconsider pay and workforce deal 2026-04-01 [Reuters]

Senior doctors in England to be balloted for strike action, union says 2026-04-01 [Reuters]

Drivers facing ‘disgusting’ facilities at Birmingham Airport. 2026-03-30 [GMB]

Primary school staff strike over pay cut proposal 2026-03-25 [BBC]

Further strike at Leeds Conservatoire this week 2026-03-25 [UNISON]

Disruption to student buses as workers at Universitybus, University of Hertfordshire ballot for strikes 2026-03-25 [Unite]

Coventry council protest over Birmingham bin strike breaking 2026-03-23 [Unite]

Shell Bacton Gas Terminal workers vote to renew strike action 2026-03-21 [GMB]

Disruption to London buses as Unite members at TfL ballot for strikes 2026-03-20 [Unite]

RMT protest treatment of outsourced workers outside Leeds Transport for the North Board meeting 2026-03-15 [rmt]

Nuclear defence workers strike at Berkshire plants 2026-03-12 [Rayo]

Union cuts Labour funding by 40% over bin strike 2026-03-12 [BBC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

13-06-1977 Police arrest 84 workers on the first day of a week-long mass picket of the Grunwick plant in north west London. [more]

18-06-1984 Mass violence by police at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire. 93 miners are arrested, dozens injured. [more]

22-06-1977 The first solidarity demo and mass picket supporting the Grunwick strikers is held [more]