UK port workers join rail staff in strikes as prices soar
2 years, 4 months ago

UK port workers join rail staff in strikes as prices soar

Associated Press  

LONDON — Almost 2,000 workers at the U.K.'s biggest container port will launch an eight-day strike Sunday over a pay dispute, the latest industrial action to hit the U.K. economy. Workers including crane drivers and machine operators will walk off their jobs at Felixstowe port on England’s east coast, which handles around 4 million containers a year from 2,000 ships. The strike comes as people across the U.K. faced travel disruptions Saturday for the third day this week as thousands of rail workers continued a summer of strikes to seek better pay and job security amid soaring food and energy price hikes. Rail workers began a series of large-scale strikes that grounded national train travel in June, demanding better pay and working conditions as authorities try to reform the rail system, which has lost large chunks of its income due to the coronavirus pandemic and shifting commuting patterns.

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Port, dock workers unions defer indefinite strike proposed from August 28
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Port, dock workers unions defer indefinite strike proposed from August 28

The Hindu  

Port and dock workers’ unions of major ports have deferred their indefinite strike proposed from Wednesday, official sources said on Tuesday. At a national coordination committee meeting in Tuticorn on August 8, major port workers’ unions affiliated to five federations decided to go on an indefinite strike from August 28 to press for immediate wage revision and other benefits, pending …

Rail strikes chaos brings Britain's creaking train lines to a halt - with commuters battling rush-hour travel hell as militant union stages fresh wave of walkouts amid pay row
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rail strikes chaos brings Britain's creaking train lines to a halt - with commuters battling rush-hour travel hell as militant union stages fresh wave of walkouts amid pay row

Daily Mail  

Commuters are facing rush-hour travel hell today as rail services on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country will be hit by fresh strikes in long-running pay dispute. Greater Anglia Most routes will have no service on Tuesday, but there will be a reduced service on a small number of key routes into London for fewer hours of …

U.K. workers plan mass strike at end of April: union
1 year, 8 months ago

U.K. workers plan mass strike at end of April: union

The Hindu  

The U.K. faces a day of mass strike action by civil servants and public workers in late April, a union has announced, which will follow a month of sector-wide walkouts. Millions of British people are suffering a cost-of-living crisis as stubbornly-high inflation erodes the value of wages, triggering huge industrial action as workers battle for significant pay increases. The union …

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day
1 year, 9 months ago

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day

Live Mint  

About half a million British workers are striking on Wednesday as unions stage a mass walkout timed to disrupt Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s annual budget. “When the Chancellor leaves Downing Street to go to Parliament to deliver the budget, he will see picket lines outside the Cabinet Office and various government departments that are on strike,” said Mark …

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike

LA Times  

Teachers march in protest in London, joining hundreds of thousands of workers who went on strike Wednesday. Thousands of schools closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports Wednesday in what was shaping up to be Britain’s biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade, as unions stepped up …

UK govt urges unions to end strikes, vows to curb walkouts
1 year, 11 months ago

UK govt urges unions to end strikes, vows to curb walkouts

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government on Thursday dangled the prospect of public-sector pay hikes next year in an attempt to end strikes by nurses and ambulance staff that have piled pressure on an already overburdened health system. The government invited union leaders for talks on 2023-24 pay rates and promised a “cooperative spirit” – while also saying it will introduce …

UK trains disrupted again as workers stage fresh strikes
1 year, 11 months ago

UK trains disrupted again as workers stage fresh strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Commuters returning to work on Tuesday after the Christmas break were advised not to travel as tens of thousands of British rail workers stage a fresh round of strikes that will disrupt services all week. Transport Secretary Mark Harper urged union leaders to come to the negotiating table and said the government has offered a “very fair pay …

UK rail workers resume strike action as negotiations stall again
1 year, 11 months ago

UK rail workers resume strike action as negotiations stall again

Al Jazeera  

More sectors to join industrial action later this month as workers demand a living wage that allows them to cope with surging inflation. Railway workers across the UK have launched strikes, accusing the government of blocking rail operators from offering an acceptable proposal on job security, pay and working conditions. The government has said it cannot afford to give public …

Rail workers walk off job to start month of UK strikes
2 years ago

Rail workers walk off job to start month of UK strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Railroad workers across England walked off the job Tuesday, disrupting trains throughout the U.K. and starting what is expected to be a month of strikes by public service workers demanding higher pay as soaring inflation erodes living standards. The strikes come after unions rejected the latest offer on pay and working conditions from Network Rail, which runs the …

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave
2 years ago

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Wednesday threatened “tough” action to curb strikes, as airport passport officers became the latest public sector workers to announce December walkouts. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he was considering more “tough new laws.” “If the union leaders continue to be unreasonable, then it is my duty to take action to protect the …

Latest in string of strikes brings most UK trains to a halt
2 years, 2 months ago

Latest in string of strikes brings most UK trains to a halt

Associated Press  

LONDON — Most train services across the U.K. were canceled Saturday as thousands of rail workers staged the latest in a string of strikes over jobs, pay and working conditions. “We know that it’s difficult for the public,” said Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union. Lynch urged Transport Secretary Anne Marie Trevelyan to “unshackle the …

UK Train Strikes And Energy Hikes Add To Week Of Economic Turmoil
2 years, 2 months ago

UK Train Strikes And Energy Hikes Add To Week Of Economic Turmoil

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LONDON — Trains in Britain all but ground to a halt Saturday as coordinated strikes by rail workers added to a week of turmoil caused by soaring energy prices and unfunded tax cuts that roiled financial markets. “We need to get things done in this country more quickly,” Truss said in an unapologetic column for The Sun …

UK train strikes and energy hikes add to a week of turmoil
2 years, 2 months ago

UK train strikes and energy hikes add to a week of turmoil

Associated Press  

LONDON — Trains in Britain all but ground to a halt Saturday as coordinated strikes by rail workers added to a week of turmoil caused by soaring energy prices and unfunded tax cuts that roiled financial markets. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union, said the strikes were designed to target the annual conference of …

U.K.’s largest container port hit by another strike by workers union
2 years, 2 months ago

U.K.’s largest container port hit by another strike by workers union

The Hindu  

Around 1,900 workers at the U.K.’s largest container port, Felixstowe, returned to picket lines on Tuesday for an eight-day strike, raising concerns about the country’s supply chains. Workers are demanding a 10% pay rise to match current decades-high inflation rates, with a majority of Unite union members at the port voting to strike. “The port is in the process of …

Thousands of postal workers launch strike in UK over pay dispute
2 years, 3 months ago

Thousands of postal workers launch strike in UK over pay dispute

Al Jazeera  

Workers at Royal Mail Group join picket lines after being given a pay rise that falls far short of inflation. Decent pay!” Workers at Royal Mail Group, who deliver parcels and letters across the nation in distinctive red vans with a crown logo, are joining picket lines across the UK in protest after being given a pay rise that falls …

Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos
2 years, 4 months ago

Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos

Associated Press  

LONDON — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by transportation workers that have disrupted economic activity across the country. Almost 2,000 workers at the Port of Felixstowe, located about 150 kilometers northeast of London, walked off the jobs over pay, raising fears of severe supply chain problems. …

Workers begin strike at UK’s largest shipping container port
2 years, 4 months ago

Workers begin strike at UK’s largest shipping container port

Al Jazeera  

The strike is the latest action by workers in an array of industries calling for higher pay amid sky-high inflation. Workers at the United Kingdom’s largest container port have begun what they say will be an eight-day strike, becoming the latest workers in the country to take action to demand higher pay amid rising inflation and the soaring cost of …

No Tube: London subway hit by strike, day after rail walkout
2 years, 4 months ago

No Tube: London subway hit by strike, day after rail walkout

Associated Press  

LONDON — A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff. No subway trains were running on most of London’s Tube lines because of the strike over jobs, pay and pensions by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, operator Transport …

A FIFTH of Britain's train services will operate on Thursday and Saturday during latest rail strikes
2 years, 4 months ago

A FIFTH of Britain's train services will operate on Thursday and Saturday during latest rail strikes

Daily Mail  

Rail passengers are being warned to travel only if 'absolutely necessary' on Thursday and Sunday as just a fifth of Britain's trains services are set to run amid the latest strikes. In addition to Network Rail, members of the RMT and TSSA unions will also strike at 14 national and regional rail operators on Thursday and Saturday. These are: Avanti …

Here we go again: Strike snarls UK trains for a third day
2 years, 5 months ago

Here we go again: Strike snarls UK trains for a third day

Associated Press  

LONDON — Train stations were all but deserted across Britain on Saturday, as the third day of a national strike snarled the weekend plans of millions. Train companies said only a fifth of passenger services would run, as about 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff walked off the job in Britain’s biggest and most disruptive railway strike for …

EXPLAINED: Britain Rail Strike, The Biggest In 30 Years, Over Pay Freeze And Job Cuts
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINED: Britain Rail Strike, The Biggest In 30 Years, Over Pay Freeze And Job Cuts

ABP News  

With tens of thousands of workers walking out, causing major disruption across the network and leaving major stations deserted as trains stand cancelled, Great Britain is facing the biggest rail strikes in three decades. The strike started Monday night as the workers’ unions and the government refused to budge from the respective stands in a row over pay freezes and …

Britain may face biggest rail strikes for decades as last-ditch talks fail
2 years, 6 months ago

Britain may face biggest rail strikes for decades as last-ditch talks fail

India TV News  

Highlights Last-minute talks between a union and train companies failed to reach a settlement Up to 40,000 staff may walk out for 3 days as part of strike Strike is expected to shut down most of the rail network across the country Britain is facing its biggest rail strikes for decades after last-minute talks between a union and train companies …

Biggest rail strike in a generation to paralyse UK travel network
2 years, 6 months ago

Biggest rail strike in a generation to paralyse UK travel network

The Telegraph  

The biggest rail strike in more than 30 years has been announced over three days later this month as “militant” union chiefs pile pressure on Boris Johnson by launching industrial action to coincide with crucial by-elections. Nationwide strikes on June 21, 23 and 25 were yesterday announced by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in "the biggest dispute on the …

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