Unions

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (centre) and Mark Drakeford (right) during a visit to Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales.

Sir Keir Starmer: Steel industry is “the future, not the past”

The bosses of Britain's biggest companies saw their pay surge by 16 per cent last year as most workers saw their pay packets outstripped by inflation, according to new research. The High Pay Centre said chief executive officers for firms on the FTSE 100 - the index of the UK's largest publicly listed companies - had an average pay rise of around £500,000 in 2022. Unions said the data shows that Britain has become "a land of grotesque extremes".(Photo Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

Boardroom greed shows we are a land of grotesque extremes: Greg Wright

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

Striking teachers from the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally in Parliament Square on 5 July 2023 in London, United Kingdom. NEU members are striking to win a fully-funded, above-inflation pay rise for all educators. (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Teachers walk out for second day this week over pay

Railway station ticket offices in England face closure in a bid to cut costs. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Railway station ticket offices face closure

Virgin Media will axe hundreds of jobs

Virgin Media O2 set to axe hundreds of jobs despite soaring revenues

'The offenders were not just small service companies, they included WH Smith, Lloyds Pharmacy and Marks & Spencer and Argos.' PIC: Philip Toscano/PA Wire

Big firms have no excuse for failing to pay workers minimum wage - YP Letters

Unite the union said its members will no longer strike following an improved pay offer from the employers. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty images)

Unite calls off 31-day Heathrow Airport strike after last-minute offer

Living up to its motto 'Labor Vincit' meaning 'hard work prevails' Dalkeith High School in Midlothian saw pupils surpass their virtual comparator by three percent, with 38 per cent achieving five Highers or more in 2022.

Ofsted's changes to school inspection system after headteacher's death

Teachers and senior doctors will ballot in their dispute with the government over pay, which will likely see a fresh round of strikes. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers and senior doctors to ballot for fresh strikes

Teachers from the National Education Union demonstrate in central Middlesbrough as part of a further day of industrial action by teachers on April 27, 2023 in Middlesbrough, England. There were widespread school closures in England as members of the National Education Union (NEU) went on strike for a fourth day this year. A fifth strike day is scheduled for May 2. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

All state schools in England could be closed due to strikes

Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer

Fiona Bruce on the set of Question Time. Question Time is returning to TV screens - days after the pay of its host Fiona Bruce was revealed. The flagship BBC One political show will be back Thursday with a slightly larger virtual audience than in the last series.

Full panel line-up for BBC Question Time in Bristol

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

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash

King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled

A French gendarme stands next to smoke during a demonstration as part of a national day of strikes and protests, a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on March 23, 2023

French unions call for more strikes during King Charles III’s visit

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

Passport Office workers are set to strike over pay and working conditions which unions warn will have a “significant impact” ahead of summer holidays.

Summer holiday travel warning as Passport Office set to strike

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

NHS physiotherapists take part in a strike outside of St Thomas’ Hospital on January. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

NHS unions and government reach pay offer deal
The NHS unions and the government confirmed an agreement had been reached in a joint statement issued on Thursday afternoon.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Members of French unions went on strike

Travel advice to France issued after massive strike announcement

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

Firefighters cancel strike as new pay deal agreed

Warning over future of UK steelmaking as British Steel cut 260 jobs

NHS workers and supporters gather outside Downing Street to protest. PIC: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Selfish actions of unions will lead to more inflation - Yorkshire Post Letters

The sign for a BP filling station Spekehall Road in Liverpool, Merseyside. Profits hit record highs at the oil giant BP last year as the business benefited from runaway oil and gas prices caused by the war in Ukraine. Picture date: Tuesday February 7, 2023.

BP delivers record profits on the back of soaring oil and gas prices

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UK Border Force to strike at major ports during February half term

Homer Simpson after going on strike

The Simpsons' Homer goes on strike in Walk Out Wednesday 'coincidence'

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

UK firefighters’ strike 2023: everything you need to know

Aslef is one of four unions striking on 1 February

TUC organise ‘Right to Strike Day’ on February 1
Around 500,000 workers from unions will strike on a single day

There have been National Grid warnings about potential blackouts this winter

Firms must be ready to deal with potential blackouts: Jayne Flint

Train drivers from Aslef and RMT announce two strike dates in February.

Train drivers announce two new strike dates if February

Mick Whelan, the General Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) arrives to attend a Commons Select Committee on rail strikes at Portcullis House.

Railway union boss hints at ‘more strikes’ in 2023

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps leaves Downing Street, London, after the government's weekly Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday September 14, 2021.

Unions could be sued for going on strike under new laws

'Since Margaret Thatcher tamed the unions we have had until recently nearly 40 years of relative peace and plenty'. PIC: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Unions need to wake up and start looking forwards - Bernard Ingham

New TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak at TUC Congress House in London. He officially takes up the post in January from Frances O'Grady. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY TUC. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Strikes will continue in 2023 unless government prepared for pay talk

A queue of ambulances are seen outside the Royal London Hospital emergency department on November 24, 2022. That week, nearly three in 10 ambulances were queuing outside hospitals in England.

‘Critical incidents’ declared at 8 hospital and ambulance trusts

'The current RMT General Secretary promised there would be no strikes over Christmas; he has now gone back on his word.' PIC: PA

Unions need to show understanding on inflation - Yorkshire Post Letters

Due to a boom in online shopping during lockdown, Amazon has created 15,000 new warehouse and delivery driver jobs across the UK. Meanwhile, Hermes has created 10,000 jobs.

New study shows link between gig economy and increased health issues

The new set of postal strikes will encompass December 23 and 24.

Royal Mail new strike days December 2022

Lidl is offering a jobs lifeline to sacked DSA workers.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Supermarket giant's jobs lifeline to sacked workers

General Secretary of TUC Frances O'Grady

Unions have called for a £15 minimum wage ahead of mass strikes

RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch.

Mick Lynch: Unions need the Labour Party but we won't be their lapdogs

A homeowner turning down the temperature of a gas boiler. Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Value of pay falling due to inflation should be cause for alarm - The Yorkshire ...

Strikes are planned for next week.

Rail strikes are selfish and taking us back to the 1970s - Mark Casci

Massive rail strikes are planned by unions.

Time for leadership and avoid rail strike - The YP says

Pride of Hull isn't expected to resume service until April 23

P&O Ferries: Unions threaten port blockades if sacked crews are not reinstated

Workers onboard the P&O Pride of Kent at the Port of Dover in Kent, after the vessel was detained by The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) over safety concerns following P&O Ferries sacking 800 workers without notice.

Ports could be in 'difficult predicament' if asked to enforce minimum wage rules

People take part in a demonstration against the dismissal of P&O workers organised by the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at the P&O ferry terminal in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway

Unions raise safety concerns over new P&O Ferries crew following sackings

The reliability of TransPennine Express rail services continues to be called into question.

My trip from Thirsk to Leeds was better by car – Yorkshire Post Letters

TransPennine Express have refused to work the last four Sundays, as part of an ongoing row about pay

Train company boss said striking staff need to be 'realistic'

A protest is due to be held outside County Hall on Wednesday Pic: Google Maps

East Riding council tax 'could be kept to 3 per cent if pay review scrapped'

Andy Wallhead, chief executive at WDH.

WDH says chief 'doesn't take full salary' after claims he got huge pay hike

Jabs in England are currently being carried out in schools by nurses and immunisation teams (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid walk-in vaccine centres set to open to under 16s to boost uptake

Campaigners hope to see free bus journeys introduced across Yorkshire to coincide with COP26. Picture: James Hardisty

Make Yorkshire bus journeys free during COP26, mayors and council leaders urged

But many stations were continuing to run dry with some of the big groups down to around 50 per cent of their sites, leading to large queues and closures.

Unions say keyworkers need petrol access as PM insists crisis is "stabilising"

But many stations were continuing to run dry with some of the big groups down to around 50 per cent of their sites, leading to large queues and closures.

Unions say keyworkers need petrol access as PM insists crisis is "stabilising"