It seems likely that the cost of living crisis will see more people stage walkouts in a bid to increase their earnings in the face of soaring inflation.
But this kind of industrial action is nothing new, with a series of strikes impacting everything from school pupils to air travel more than 60 years ago.
Here are 17 pictures showing the strikers of the 1960s.
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1. No passengers
A number 33 bus out on service during a bus strike in Edinburgh in November 1964. Photo: Unknown
2. On the march
Glasgow engineering apprentices march to Pitt Street for strike meetings in 1964. Photo: Unknown
3. Placard power
Strikers on picket duty outside Leith Docks, Edinburgh, during the seamen's strike in May 1966. Photo: George Smith
4. Going postal
Striking postal workers on a protest march in Glasgow in July 1964. Photo: Unknown