Workers

A senior Tory MP has become the latest to join calls for Rishi Sunak to offer NHS workers more money in an attempt to end crippling strikes. Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown,…

Ambulance workers including paramedics, control room workers and technicians will walk out in England and Wales on Wednesday in nationwide strike action. The GMB, Unison and Unite unions are coordinating…

Gary Neville sparked a backlash from senior Tories after criticising the government’s attitude to striking workers during a TV debate about human rights in Qatar. The pundit accused ministers of…

Charts tracking public sector (and private sector) pay over the last 12 years explain exactly why so many industries are striking right now. From December 13 onwards, there will be…

Rishi Sunak may be small in stature, but he was in macho man mode at prime minister’s questions today. He vowed to introduce “new tough laws” to crack down on…

Rail workers are set to walk out on Christmas Eve as part of a fresh strike in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Rail, Maritime…

Inflation-level pay rises for public sector workers are “unaffordable”, Lisa Nandy has conceded. The Labour frontbencher’s comments come as the country braces itself for a wave of strikes by railway…

As more than 70,000 university employees strike, a thread from this computer scientist sums up exactly why she is taking to the picket line with her colleagues. Workers, including lecturers,…

Health and social care workers are quitting their jobs for better paid work in warehouses and shops, an NHS boss has revealed. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation,…

Rail workers have voted for another six months of strikes in their ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. The RMT union announced that 91.6% of members taking part in a…