How Birmingham became Britain’s scapegoat
After a bin strike that has run for weeks, rubbish and rats are consuming Birmingham. Have we forgotten our second…
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Read our latest comment and political analysis on strike action in both the UK and across the world.
The junior doctors’ strike is not a gift to Labour
A short-term campaigning win on the NHS is also a long-term headache.
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The deep roots of doctors’ dissent
Disputes between the UK government and its lowest-paid physicians go back decades. They began in 1964, with the creation of…
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The economic consequences of the miners’ strike
The NUM’s defeat in 1985 marked the end of the social democratic era – and the creation of the market…
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When the lights went out
Fifty years ago, Harold Wilson’s Labour took power in a snap election called to resolve the 1974 miners’ strike. But…
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We can’t let the government weaken the unions
Politicisation of strikes is what is motivating anti-union legislation.
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To save the NHS, the Chancellor should pay doctors properly
A fair-pay deal would stop the strikes and prevent doctors from leaving the profession.
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Myths of the miners’ strike
An oral history of the bitter Eighties dispute reveals a conflict that went far deeper than just government vs trade…
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NHS investment “would pay for itself fourteen times over”
Researchers have found that an extra £1bn of healthcare funding could lead to a £14bn gain for the economy.
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A&E doctor: I fear the job I love will one day break me
It’s clear that our current workload is unsustainable, and if we don’t act soon, the NHS could crumble.
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Would public sector pay rises cause inflation?
Steve Barclay claimed higher pay for public sector workers "would not be consistent with bringing the inflation target down." He’s…
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£2.5bn extra to Big Pharma? Don’t tell striking NHS staff
The expiration of Vpas, the health department-private sector agreement, could see the NHS's medicines bill ballooning.
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Why the teacher strikes might not be over
The unions have accepted a pay deal, but industrial action could return if the problems in the sector don’t improve.
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The Tories know they can’t beat the unions – they just want someone else to blame
Anti-strike bills won’t change the fact the country needs nurses and teachers a damn sight more than it needs these…
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Is the BMA silencing striking junior doctors?
Medics on picket lines are declining interviews and telling journalists that only union reps can speak.
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Is Mick Lynch working class?
Rishi Sunak has accused trade unions of a “class war” – but class is not clear-cut in Britain’s new era…
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When teachers strike, the country stops working
Teachers act as social workers, counsellors, nurses, childminders, cooks, cleaners – and even police.
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Why is your teacher striking?
A guide for pupils missing school this week.
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How to win a strike negotiation
As the government and nurses enter “intensive” discussions over pay, a trade union negotiator reveals how talks unfold.
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The health crisis nobody is talking about
Less than a year after it was made, the government has broken its promise to address health inequalities.
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