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Junior doctors to strike for three days in March
Junior doctors in England will strike for three days in March, in their dispute over pay.
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Toxic Train: did Ohio chemical crash lead to illnesses?
Their town was shrouded in clouds of black fumes after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed – but when residents of East Palestine in Ohio tried to meet representatives of the train company last night demanding answers, the company didn’t show up.
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Nurses to stage 48-hour strike in March as pay dispute escalates
Nurses will be significantly stepping up their strike action – walking out for 48 hours at more than 120 sites around England – reducing services to what they called an “absolute minimum”.
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RMT rejects latest pay offer with potential for more strikes ahead
The RMT union has rejected the latest pay offer from rail companies and Network Rail as “dreadful”.
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Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook but will he return?
Donald Trump was kicked off Facebook after praising participants in the deadly Capitol building riot in 2021.
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FactCheck: how do planned UK strike laws compare to France, Italy and Spain?
Rishi Sunak says the plans shouldn’t be controversial.
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Can government avoid strike action by unions?
Rail unions have agreed to work towards a revised pay deal after more talks aimed at ending strike action across the rail network.
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FactCheck: how will planned strike laws work, what are minimum service levels and when could they apply?
Unions have reacted angrily to the plans.
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Winter of discontent: more workers take strike action in UK
Border Force staff, some railway workers and driving test examiners have been taking industrial action today, with few signs of unions and employers making much progress on pay deals.
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Boxing Day sales face disruption from strikes and cost of living crisis
Seven in 10 of us bought fewer and cheaper presents this festive period.
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Passengers rush for last trains before Christmas as RMT strike begins
Almost all Christmas Eve train services have ground to a halt, with the latest round of RMT rail strikes due to start tonight.
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Union warns airport strikes could last months
Strikes by Border Force staff at British airports could go on for months to come – if the government refuses to begin talks over pay – union leaders have warned.
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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could lead to ‘limitless clean energy’
The promise of near-limitless clean energy has been a Holy Grail for scientists for decades now.
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Strikes: Disruption begins as freezing weather grips UK
Britain’s Christmas of discontent began in earnest today as the railways ground to a halt for the first – but not the last – time this month.
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Christmas strikes: NHS Ambulance workers to join mass walkouts
The festive period was already delivering an advent calender of strikes involving nurses, postal workers, plus bus and railway staff. Now ambulance workers in much of England and Wales have promised to walkout on the 21st of December. The three unions involved, the GMB, Unison and Unite are taking action over pay but said their…