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Travel delays forecast for UK Easter getaways due to poor weather and rail disruption

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 28 March - 13:41

Railway line closures and strikes coinciding with the school holidays and turbulent weather are set to hit travel plans

A long Good Friday looms for many drivers and rail passengers who are heading off for a UK getaway, as the Easter weekend collides with the start of school holidays, engineering works and turbulent weather.

With more than 14 million leisure trips planned by drivers over the coming days, motorists have been warned to expect delays on many routes. Additional cars could be forced on to the roads because of major railway line closures, with strikes hampering possible return train journeys next week.

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Heathrow Border Force staff vote to strike in dispute over shift patterns

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 22 March - 19:31

No dates announced for industrial action, but stoppages could begin as soon as 8 April, says PCS union

Border Force staff at Heathrow have voted to strike in a dispute over shift patterns.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said 600 of its members, who carry out immigration controls and passport checks, voted 90% in favour of strike action.

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Junior doctors in England vote to continue striking until mid-September

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 20 March - 18:09

BMA members overwhelmingly back further stoppages and overtime bans in long-running pay dispute

Junior doctors in England have voted to keep on striking until the middle of September in their long-running pay dispute, bringing a fresh wave of disruption to the NHS.

Those belonging to the British Medical Association voted overwhelmingly to stage further stoppages in addition to the 41 days of strikes held since last March.

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London Underground drivers to strike in April and May

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 20 March - 10:56

Tube drivers in Aslef union to stage industrial action on 8 April and 4 May over changes to working conditions

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London Underground passengers are to face two one-day strikes in April and May, unless a dispute over changes to working conditions is resolved in time.

Tube drivers who are members of the Aslef union, which represents 96% of train drivers in Britain, plan to strike on Monday 8 April and Saturday 4 May.

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Fire Brigades Union warns anti-strike laws will put public safety at risk

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 12 March - 06:00

Fire service employers called on to refuse to implement minimum service levels

The union that represents Britain’s firefighters has warned of risks to public safety if their employers use new anti-strike laws being introduced by the government.

The Fire Brigades Union has called on all fire service employers to refuse to implement minimum service levels brought in after widespread strike action in the public sector that followed the cost of living crisis.

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‘People have lost faith’: life in former mining towns 40 years on from strike

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 7 March - 07:00

Conservatives’ closure of collieries tore communities apart, and four decades later memories from that period remain powerful

When Anne Woolford moved into her house in Great Houghton in South Yorkshire in 2000, you could see the black mound of a slag heap from a former colliery from the back window. Today, the heap is covered with grass, and what dominates her view instead is an Asos warehouse that sits atop the former coalmine – a change she says symbolises how employment has evolved locally since the collapse of the industry.

This week, the UK marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984 miners’ strike, when at least 142,000 miners withdrew their labour in attempts to block colliery closures. Despite the historic industrial dispute, the eventual closures changed the face of these areas, with ex-coalfield regions today more likely to be deprived and have less faith in politics .

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Ex-miners left to die in abject poverty as pensions raided, say campaigners

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 6 March - 15:44

Group has renewed calls to end deal that sees government take 50% of surplus funds on the 40th anniversary of strikes

Former miners are “dying in abject poverty” and “can’t afford to bury themselves” while the government takes billions of pounds out of their pension funds, campaigners have said, on the 40th anniversary of the miners strikes.

The National Mineworkers Pension Campaign said former prime minister Boris Johnson “lied through his back teeth” when he promised in 2019 to end an arrangement that has seen the government take 50% of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme surplus funds in exchange for a commitment that the pot’s value would not drop.

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Doctors’ leaders agree new pay deal for consultants in England

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 5 March - 13:56

Unions recommend consultant members accept revised offer, raising hopes strikes will soon end

Doctors’ leaders have agreed a new deal with the government that has raised hopes that strikes by consultants over their pay will soon come to an end.

The British Medical Association and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association have secured a better package from ministers than the one consultants rejected by 51:49 in January.

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NEU teachers’ union asks members to consider strike in England later this year

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 2 March - 06:00

Leader says education secretary’s approach to pay review is ‘nothing short of insulting’ as indicative ballot opens

England’s largest teaching union is asking its members to consider strike action later this year, with the union’s general secretary accusing the government of planning an “insulting” pay rise.

The National Education Union (NEU) is opening an indicative ballot on Saturday on backing industrial action for an above-inflation pay increase in 2024-25, fully funded by the government. If carried, the union would then hold a formal strike ballot.