Unions discuss coordinating strike action alongside public show of support for workers Day of protest announced at start of next month The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023
Public sector strikes row escalates as unions plan coordinated ‘day of action’ Unions react furiously to proposed legislation for Wales, England and Scotland they say will allow ministers to ban strikes The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2023
Trade union to hold a ‘protect the right to strike’ day of protest TUC convenes meeting with health, rail, education and civil service unions to discuss ‘day of action’ Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2023
Grant Shapps accused of ‘outrageous slur’ over claim ambulance strike puts lives at risk Business secretary clashes with union chiefs as he sets out plan for anti-strike legislation The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023
Brazen Grant Shapps claims striking paramedics are 'risking lives' in 'poison' crackdown The Business Secretary is accused of 'demonising' striking ambulance workers as he turns his fire on the unions - and publishes a Bill to enforce minimum service levels on unions Daily Mirror · Jan 10, 2023
Government reveals plan to restrict strikes across NHS, rail and schools Unions vow to ‘fiercely resist’ move to enforce minimum coverage in six key sectors The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023
Keir Starmer pledges to repeal any new anti-strike law as unions vow legal action Rishi Sunak set to bring forward legislation allowing employers to sack striking workers The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023
Train drivers strike will cripple UK services with third day in a row of disruption in London There will be no trains to Gatwick and Heathrow airports and Tubes are set to be disrupted Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2023
Strikes UK – live: Train and bus services halted as Border Force strikes ‘could hit Dover’ Just one in five trains running, while London hit by bus driver walkouts The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023
New TUC boss calls for urgent meeting with Prime Minister Paul Nowak wants ministers to open pay negotiations with unions as more strikes are set to go ahead Wales Online · Jan 4, 2023
Struggling workers to continue pay strikes in 2023 and WON’T 'settle for crumbs' Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said workers will "not be broken or beaten by Rishi Sunak" referring to planned anti-strike legislation and speculation unions were set to run out of money Daily Mirror · Dec 31, 2022
Union boss blasts 'general strike' claims which do 'disservice to members' TUC general secretary Paul Nowak, who represents 48 unions, said members aren't interested in a 'general strike or taking on the Government' but are 'interested in a decent pay rise' Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022
The new TUC chief has a gloomy forecast for Keir Starmer LABOUR will not “be able to fix our public services” on day one if they win the next election, the new head of the UK’s trade union federation… The National (Scotland) · Dec 29, 2022
End UK’s non-dom tax status, new TUC boss tells Rishi Sunak Exclusive: Paul Nowak condemns tax rules and hails Labour’s ‘credible programme for government’ The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 New TUC leader accuses ministers of ‘sabotaging’ efforts to resolve strikes Paul Nowak challenged the Government and employers to work with unions to end what he described as Britain’s ‘living standards nightmare’.
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 Britain faces year of strike chaos if Sunak refuses to negotiate, says new TUC boss Exclusive: Voters will ‘punish’ Tories over low pay at general election in 2024, says Paul Nowak
The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022 It’s time to give unions a seat at the table in talks about how Britain is run This winter’s wave of strikes isn’t just a protest at poor pay, but at a broken economic and political system, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022 Government faces High Court battle over plan to break strikes with agency workers Union leaders say policy is attack on liberty
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022 Who do you believe: the brilliant NHS staff who treated my cancer, or ministers who spin and lie? A harrowing Guardian report depicts the struggle to deliver care, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022 Struggling workers suffer worst wage growth in 50 years as Tories refuse pay deals And as industrial action grows across the country, No10 was accused of deliberately scuppering pay deals to pick a fight with those trying to improve poor wages
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022 Factcheck: are UK strikers greedy, unrealistic and putting others in danger? This is an extract from our First Edition newsletter
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022 2022 the UK’s worst year for real wage growth since 1977, TUC says Analysis shows real wages fell by an average of £76 a month in 2022 as pay failed to keep pace with inflation
Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022 Wages suffer biggest hit in almost half a century as prices spiral Figures from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) show that once the rising cost of living is taken into account, wages have fallen by 3% in 2022 - the biggest drop since 1977
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022 TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal Sacking of nearly 800 crew in favour of low-paid agency workers in March led to calls for loopholes to be closed in seafarers’ wages bill
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022 The Observer view on why public sector workers deserve a fair pay deal and have no choice but to strike The government has failed to raise real-term wages for years and is now refusing to negotiate