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  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Royal Mail PLC
    Royal Mail agrees pay deal to end 2-year union dispute

    Agreement will help UK postal service usher in changes to business as it focuses on parcels

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Centrica faces industrial action in January

    GMB members vote in favour of UK strikes over new contractual conditions

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    UK universities
    UK university staff prepare for industrial action over Covid

    Unions vote for disputes or strike ballots as more face-to-face teaching suspended

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    Pensions crisis
    UK universities and staff face huge jump in pension contributions

    Retirement scheme deficit jumps from £3bn to £18bn in two years

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    British Airways PLC
    British Airways hails ‘significant progress’ with unions over restructuring

    Deal does not apply to cabin crew but covers engineers and some consumer-facing staff at Heathrow

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    British Airways PLC
    BA pilots to vote on pay and redundancy package

    Union recommends crew accept proposals that include salary cut and voluntary working

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    University of Oxford
    Oxford college rocked by allegations of leaks and blackmail

    Charity Commission orders mediation in acrimonious dispute at Christ Church

  • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Unite warns of income hit from rising unemployment

    Super-union fears ‘significant financial strain’ because of its reliance on membership fees

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    British Airways PLC
    BA chief hits out at unions over redundancy consultation

    Alex Cruz criticises failure to attend meetings as Unite campaigns against loss of up to 12,000 jobs

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
    Royal Mail PLC
    Royal Mail staff to delay strike over coronavirus

    Staff vote in favour of a walkout but union says they can help deliver supplies to elderly

  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
    UK universities
    Universities face fresh strike over pay and pensions

    14 days of action could cause disruption to more than 1m students

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    Royal Mail PLC
    Royal Mail shares tumble after turnround warning

    Company expects to miss targets to stabilise margins as strike threats hit reforms

  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    UK universities
    University staff to strike over pay and pensions

    Employers say they cannot afford to cover the cost of contribution rises above 8 per cent

  • Thursday, 30 January, 2020
    NHS trust brings workers in-house after industrial action

    Union hails ‘historic precedent’ against outsourcing low-paid jobs

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    The upstart unions taking on the gig economy and outsourcing

    Cleaners, couriers and security guards flock to grassroots groups that challenge the rules of workplace organisation 

  • Monday, 30 December, 2019
    Rail
    RMT plans further strikes in dispute with South Western Railway

    Union ballots members over fresh action in conflict over guards on trains

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Northern Ireland’s nurses go on strike

    Around 9,000 healthcare staff walked off the job over pay and patient safety

  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    British Airways PLC
    BA pilots back revised pay offer to end strikes

    Agreement includes changes to working conditions, rostering and flight bonuses

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    Post Office Ltd
    Post Office reaches £58m settlement with sub-postmasters

    Deal brings to end three-year legal battle over allegedly faulty computer system

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Rail
    South Western Rail strike to go ahead

    UK’s second-biggest commuter network faces major disruption in run-up to Christmas

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Universities strike is over more than just pensions

    Excellence of the UK’s higher education system needs to be preserved

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    UK universities
    University staff launch 8-day strike across UK

    Dispute over pensions, wages and conditions may spread to other institutions next year, union warns

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Why are UK university lecturers going on strike?

    Staff at 60 institutions involved in action over pay, pensions and zero-hour contracts

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Royal Mail PLC
    Royal Mail warning on UK business triggers share slide

    Postal services group says unit could slump to loss next year with revamp ‘behind schedule’

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    UK universities
    UK universities are asked to curb impact of lecturers’ strike

    Higher education institutions face 8 days of action over pensions and pay

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