Michael Gove has agreed to meet two teaching unions planning to strike over pay and pensions, but warned the Government will not row back on its plans...
Ambulance workers are to stage a 24-hour strike in a long-running row over issues including cuts. Unite said its 450 members in the Yorkshire servi...
Other pesky issues tacked on the blog this week included the imminent scrap over the new National Curriculum, due to be published any day, and the chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw's stringent views on the state sector failing its brightest pupils.
Chaos that raged across Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal has spread to the heart of Brussels as police clashed with furious protesters during the Day...
A Day of Action and Solidarity across the EU is underway with around 40 groups from 23 countries staging walk-outs and strikes against rising unemploy...
Labour's shadow chancellor stood his ground over the need for pay restraint in the public sector today in the face of growing union anger which threat...
The Government is on a fresh collision course with millions of workers after warnings of mass strikes in protest at pay freezes, job losses and other ...
Teachers have voted for strike action over pay and working conditions, with 82.5% in favour, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) announced today. ...
The leader of the UK's biggest trade union has warned of a fresh wave of coordinated strikes because of continuing anger over cuts to pay and pensions...
The government has accused rail workers of 'self-interest' by voting to strike during the Olympics. Train drivers are to stage three days of strike...
Thousands of staff at the Home Office, including airport immigration workers, are to stage a 24-hour strike the day before the opening of the Olympics...
Students have announced fresh plans for a national demonstration amid growing concerns about youth unemployment, public sector cuts and "attacks" on t...
Bus services in London were getting back to normal on Saturday after a strike by drivers and other workers over an Olympic payment led to widespread d...
Doctors are taking industrial action for the first time in 37 years on Thursday, despite last-ditch attempts from ministers to dissuade them. Healt...
Parents and teachers at a school resisting academy status will visit Westminster to urge Education Secretary Michael Gove to pay the primary a visit. ...
Unions have reacted angrily to government plans which would see low-paid workers having their benefit payments stopped if they go on strike. Employ...
Workers at HM Revenue and Customs have voted to take industrial action in a row over jobs and privatisation, adding to the growing number of disputes ...
Doctors will start voting today on whether to take their first industrial action since the 1970s, in a dramatic escalation of the bitter dispute over ...
The Government sparked a fresh clash with unions after pressing ahead with its controversial reforms of public sector pensions ahead of a new strike b...
A fresh wave of industrial action will be held this week against the Government's controversial public sector pension reforms, with union leaders pred...
The price of petrol at the pumps has risen to a new high, the AA said. After a brief halt following weeks of increases, the average cost of petrol ...
Fresh talks aimed at averting strikes by fuel tanker drivers are to be held next week, raising hopes that industrial action can be averted. The con...
The government is on a fresh collision course with public sector workers over its controversial pension reforms after more industrial action was calle...
I am now foreseeing our country is reduced to a circus of protesters and panic buyers, who would happily march on to Downing Street, Buckingham Palace and KFC until their opposed "madness" was brought to a swift resolution.
Baggage handlers at Stansted Airport are to strike over Easter in a row over pay, the GMB union announced. The move follows an overwhelming vote in...
