UK Strike dissent and division
Could one union be about to strike, while another is about to strike a deal? That is the question that faces negotiating teams on both sides of the long running and increasingly bitter round of...Read more
UK strikes: permission to make an offer
It could be the breakthrough that the British nation has been waiting for. The recently appointed UK Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, has done what none of his short-tenured predecessors have done, and has opened the...Read more
British rail industry makes offer in drivers dispute
The Rail Delivery Group, which speaks for the rail industry employers at large, has tabled an offer to the drivers union Aslef, aimed at ending the long-running dispute on Britain’s railways. If accepted, the revised...Read more
UK train drivers union closes rail network with a new strike in January
The train drivers’ union ASLEF (traditionally known as the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) has announced another one-day strike. The trades union will take action on Thursday 5 January 2023. Members at 15...Read more
Network Rail urges against train travel on Saturday in light of strike action
The unions RMT, Aslef and TSSA will carry out strike action on Saturday 1 October. As a result, only 11 percent of services will operate, and large parts of the England will see no train...Read more
UK: The billion pound strike
No UK rail strikes in the past week, nor any planned for this week, but that doesn’t mean the cost to industry has gone away. Estimates from financial sources put the cost to the overall...Read more
Britain’s strikes overview
Britain is in a week of rare calm in a summer of Industrial stormy weather. That however, is all about to change. With another heatwave on the way this week, industrial relations are about to...Read more
Surprise political casualty as new British rail strike announced
The state of industrial dispute that currently grips the British rail network has claimed a high-profile political casualty. Surprisingly – shockingly for some – the socialist opposition Labour Party sacked their shadow transport secretary Sam...Read more
British weather cools down but strike climate heats up once again
Britain faces a fresh wave of strikes across the rail network, starting this Wednesday with an all-out stoppage by the biggest union in the sector, the RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport). Then, just when you...Read more
One UK dispute solved – eight more break out
A long-standing dispute in Scotland, between the publicly owned ScotRail and the trades union ASLEF, which represents drivers, has been resolved. On the same day, however, eight more operators – all in England – fell...Read more
UK Strike: end of the beginning
Saturday, June 25 was the third and last of the one-day strikes called by the trades union RMT. After a huge ballot mandate, the union called out members from most passenger train operating companies in...Read more
Rail strike: Britain hopes for best … expects the worst
Barring a spectacular breakthrough, or a humiliating climbdown, Britain on Tuesday will be plunged into the biggest rail strike for a generation, with the prospect of worse to come. The trades union RMT is exercising...Read more
Storm clouds gather over UK rail strike
The executive of the trades union RMT is scheduled to meet later today (Tuesday 7 June) with the country braced to expect the announcement of strike action later in the month. After an overwhelming vote...Read more