strikes
Paul Nowak: ‘Unions will stand firm in our defence of the right to strike for every worker’
'The right to strike is a fundamental British freedom. Strikes are what won workers the 8-hour working day and equal pay for women.'
European trade unions condemn UK government’s attack on the right to strike
Further restrictions on the right to strike will ‘only drag the UK further away from democratic norms', they say.
Nurses’ union call for stronger strike action, announcing first 48-hour walkout
The RCN has said staff have ‘had enough of being taken for granted, enough of low pay and unsafe staffing levels.’
Poll reveals massive majority of public support nurses striking
Latest poll reveals two thirds of the public support nurses taking strike action.
Today is the biggest NHS strike in history
Since 2010, paramedics have seen a real terms pay cut of £6,000, while nurses have seen their pay fall by £5,000
RCN warns Rishi Sunak is failing patients and damaging economy
The Royal College of Nursing has warned the prime minister that the NHS is deteriorating rapidly on his watch.