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‘We’ve Reached a Tipping Point’: Inside the Labor Unrest Gripping U.K. Museums [Artnet] 25-08-2026

London workers leave 31 million days of paid holiday unused each year, study suggests [The Standard] 24-08-2026

Unite protests outside No 10 North over lack of jobs for NHS-trained workers [Morning Star] 22-08-2026

50 years on, the Grunwick strike is still important [Labour Hub] 22-08-2026

Pay win at Stena Line [RMT] 21-08-2026

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Workers to vote on strike action at Diageo's Cameronbridge distillery 2026-08-25 [scotsman]

England South London & Maudsley NHS estates workers fair pay strikes escalate 2026-08-25 [Unite]

England Strike threat at Diageo’s Cameronbridge distillery 2026-08-25 [Unite]

RNLI strikers to protest at headquarters 2026-08-25 [BBC]

‘We’ve Reached a Tipping Point’: Inside the Labor Unrest Gripping U.K. Museums 2026-08-25 [Artnet]

Scotland Cutting Scottish fire services during a climate crisis is a recipe for disaster 2026-08-24 [Morning Star]

London workers leave 31 million days of paid holiday unused each year, study suggests 2026-08-24 [The Standard]

TUC Special 2026 2026-08-23 [Greener Jobs Alliance]

Staff are devastated by confirmation of the site closure says Usdaw 2026-08-22 [USDAW]

50 years on, the Grunwick strike is still important 2026-08-22 [Labour Hub]

Union plans new strikes over train safety concerns 2026-08-22 [BBC]

Unions worry Labour’s plan for zero-hours contracts may break manifesto pledge 2026-08-22 [The Guardian]

Unite protests outside No 10 North over lack of jobs for NHS-trained workers 2026-08-22 [Morning Star]

Unite delivers wage win for CNOOC offshore workers 2026-08-21 [Unite]

Stena Line invests in seafarers with significant pay improvements 2026-08-21 [Nautilus]

Pay win at Stena Line 2026-08-21 [RMT]

England Honeywell chemicals County Durham and Lancashire workers in strike vote over pension lies 2026-08-21 [Unite]

Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury 2026-08-21 [The Guardian]

Unite is calling for a maximum working temperature 2026-08-20 [Unite]

Authors beware: scam alert 2026-08-20 [Society of Authors]

PCS suspends NCA strike following ACAS talks 2026-08-20 [PCS]

GXO warehouse workers on Sainsburys contract celebrate pay win 2026-08-20 [Unite]

London bus drivers pissing in bottles thanks to lack of toilets 2026-08-20 [Waltham Forest Echo]

Unite responds to inflation increase 2026-08-19 [Unite]

Ensure all new rolling stock on railway is publicly owned, drivers’ union Aslef urges 2026-08-19 [Morning Star]

Inflation: Tax banks' enormous profits to cut energy bills, says TUC 2026-08-19 [TUC]

Exploitative zero-hours contracts are endemic, TUC says 2026-08-18 [TUC]

New Management Committee members to join the SoA board 2026-08-18 [Society of Authors]

JP Morgan boss doesn’t want banks like his to pay their fair share, TUC says 2026-08-17 [TUC]

Wales Welsh health visitor strike: NHS board “a pariah” 2026-08-17 [Unite]

Who’s really feeling the heat this summer? 2026-08-16 [SW]

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]

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