Strikes

Edinburgh University (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Edinburgh University union ballot finds 75% ready for strike action

The University of Edinburgh recently announced an 'urgent' gap in its finances

Edinburgh University told strikes looming over £140m cuts

Rally outise Caird Hall in Dundee's city centre

Staff at troubled Scottish university embark on 3 weeks of strikes

Avanti said it was looking at how the strikes will affet services and will confirm its plans as soon as possible

Train operator hit by 4 months of strikes starting from Hogmanay

Grounded aircraft at Edinburgh Airport

Strikes planned over 19 days at Edinburgh Airport called off

Passengers wait to board an Avanti West Coast mainline train. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Avanti West Coast suspends 3 days of planned strikes over Christmas

Smoke billows from a Syrian naval ship destroyed in an overnight Israeli attack on the port city of Latakia

Israel launches strikes across Syria as troops seize more territory

Passengers at Edinburgh Airport could face disruption.

Strikes at Edinburgh Airport set to ground flights over Christmas

Passengers at Edinburgh Airport could face disruption.

Festive period flights facing hit as strike looms at Scottish airport

Science Secretary Peter Kyle

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Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Israel strikes Lebanon as pager attacks a 'declaration of war'

Unison, which includes the largest number of local authority workers in Scotland, announced on Tuesday that it may broaden a strike ballot to all council workers in the union, totalling 90,000 people. The decision means waste strikes may still go ahead. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Pay deal plea as 90,000 council workers would strike under union plan

UK holidaymakers are being warned of “numerous flight cancellations” that are set to hit airports in Portugal this week. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Flight cancellations to hit airports in holiday hotspot

Further education lecturers hold a rally outside the Scottish Parliament amid an ongoing dispute that's become a rear-guard action in defence of the college sector (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

College strikes suspended after 'significant progress' made in pay row

First Minister John Swinney during a visit to Forth Valley College while he was Education Secretary. Lecturers are due to strike at the college as the new term gets underway amid a long-running dispute over pay.
PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

The stakes have never been higher as Scotland's colleges face disaster Mark Gillan

Edinburgh Trams staff back strike action over lack of toilet breaks

Piles of rubbish lined the streets in Edinburgh during prolonged industrial action in 2022. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Labour to scrap anti-strike legislation and what it means for Scotland

Piles of rubbish lined the streets in Edinburgh during prolonged industrial action in 2022. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

7 days left to stop bin strikes - here is when they are taking place

Piles of rubbish lined the streets in Edinburgh during prolonged industrial action in 2022. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

SNP 'should be grown-ups' to avert bin strikes

Scenes of rubbish piled up in the streets during a bin strike in Edinburgh in August 2022

The 'awful' plea over bin strikes issued to Edinburgh tourists

Robert Gordon University

Scottish university faces staff strike amid 220 job cuts

Passengers at Glasgow Queen Street, among stations where ScotRail services have been reduced. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Why ScotRail dispute breakthrough could come from unexpected quarter Alastair Dalton

A brown rat

'Rats will infest Edinburgh' during Fringe Festival bin strikes

An overflowing bin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile as waste strikes stretched into a fifth day

12 shocking pictures of rubbish during Edinburgh's bin strikes

ScotRail strike action update as union Aslef confirms ballot decision

Passengers arrive at Glasgow airport. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Update issued on strike threat at major airports over summer holidays

EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley has spoken about the union's priorities, which include teacher safety

Explainer 5 key things emerging from Scottish teaching leader's keynote speech

Dounreay nuclear site in Caithness. Image: Andrew Milligan/Press Association.

Allegations managing director was 'shipped out' over pay dispute

Overflowing bins on Edinburgh's Royal Mile in August 2022. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

Could rubbish pile up in Edinburgh's streets again across festivals?

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Many adults ignore serious health issues – to relieve pressure on NHS

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

The train drivers' union says the timing of the strikes was not aimed as disrupting Tory members attending their annual conference

Union says Tory accusations inspired train strike targeting conference

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in July, prompting more recession fears.

Recession fears as UK economy shrinks by ‘more than expected’ in July

Commuters walk past a train stopped at a platform in Waterloo Station in London, during a national strike day, on February 1, 2023.

Rail strikes spell bank holiday travel chaos - 20,000 workers walk out

Train services in the UK are set to be disrupted again this weekend as tens of thousands of workers gear up for more industrial action.

Rail strikes: Full list of industrial action in August & September

The cast of Oppenheimer walked out of the film's London premiere after the Hollywood actors union called a strike. Image: Getty

Oppenheimer cast walk out: Why are Hollywood actors on strike?

London Gatwick Airport will be hit by eight days of strikes this summer - Credit: Adobe

Gatwick Airport to be hit by strikes for eight days of summer holidays

DVLA manages everything from driving licences to car tax

DVLA warns of driving licence delays as 100 workers strike for 15 days

Thousands of driving tests cancelled in June as examiners strike

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Full list of rail operators to be impacted by ASLEF and RMT strikes

Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin will serve as executive producer on the series

Game of Thrones spin-off halted due to Hollywood writers’ strikes
The popular series could air on our screens at a later date due to a production shut down

RMT strikers (Photo: Getty Images)

RMT members back further rail strike action

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Ryanair has been forced to cut some flights in August due to delivery issues with their new Boeing aircraft. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Ryanair cancels 220 flights over May 1 bank holiday due to strikes

Striking employees gather around a fire outside Gronfreville-l'Orcher refinery on March 24, 2023

Strikes to be aware of this Easter & how to avoid them

A quarter of the UK Passport Office’s 4,000 staff are expected to walk out during five weeks of strikes, from April 3rd to May 5th in England, Scotland and Wales. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Timeframe for passport renewal during strikes by Passport Office

North Ronaldsay Lighthouse in the Orkney Islands is one of the 208 lighthouses operated by NLB.

Lighthouse workers vote for strike action in historic first

April will see strike action affect everything from rail service to civil and public services.

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

The all-out strike in April will see over 130,000 civil and public sector workers walk out.

Over 130,000 civil and public servants to walk out on strike in April

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

Strike action by firefighters has been avoided for now

UK firefighters postpone strike action to vote on improved pay offer

The CWU have called off two strike dates planned in Ferbuary after a legal challenge from Royal Mail.

Postal workers call off strikes after legal challenge from Royal Mail

Protesters outside Downing Street, London, demonstrating against the new law on strikes. Picture date: Monday January 30, 2023.

UK set for biggest day of industrial action in a decade

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

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