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Hannah Davenport

Teachers vote to strike

Poll reveals majority of public support teachers’ strike

Hannah Davenport
17 January, 2023 (2 weeks ago)

Despite government attacks on striking workers, latest poll reveals public majority support teachers taking strike action.

Protect the right to strike

Unions plan ‘day of action’ to fight for the right to strike

Hannah Davenport
11 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

Trade unions to hold national ‘protect the right to strike’ day as anger over the government’s anti-strike bill escalates.

Grant Shapps interview

Unions call out ‘mistruths’ over ambulance minimum service levels

Hannah Davenport
11 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

Union representatives label Grant Shapps claim that ambulance minimum safety levels were not being met on strike days as ‘seriously misleading’.

Ambulance workers on the picket line in Warrington

The biggest ambulance strike so far as thousands of workers walk out over pay and conditions

Hannah Davenport
11 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

25,000 ambulance workers represented by the unions GMB and UNISON will go on strike over a 24-hour period in response to low pay and indecent working conditions.

Anti-strike campaign by Strike Map

Unions launch campaign to protect right to strike against anti-strike laws

Hannah Davenport
9 January, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

‘Strike Map, who launched the campaign, announced yesterday that within a few hours, representatives for over 50,000 workers had already signed the letter supporting the right to strike.’

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