Pregnant Then Screwed’s Joeli Brearley: “I think motherhood radicalises you”
The activist on newly political mums, the idea of a women’s strike, and why Britain’s broken childcare system could decide…
ByStrikes
Read our latest comment and political analysis on strike action in both the UK and across the world.
Another Rishi reshuffle won’t help him restore party discipline
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By
Can we stop the government criminalising protest? With Jodie Beck of Liberty
The Public Order Bill is a worrying assault on basic freedoms.
By
How can NHS strikes be resolved?
Nurses and paramedics are fighting poor pay and conditions. Somehow the government needs to find the money to reverse years…
By
Strikes bill makes a strange union in parliament
Jacob Rees-Mogg and John McDonnell were both critical of the minimum service law.
By
Low pay, harassment, mice: no wonder Westminster staff want to strike
The latest front for industrial action could be parliament itself.
By
British nurses’ pay lags behind other European countries
Taking into account what wages can buy, nurses in the UK earned less than the average of the 20 EU…
By
What a teachers’ strike doesn’t solve
I didn’t leave my teaching job after two years because of the pay. It was everything else.
By
Do the public support the nurses’ strike?
More than half of the public backs the nurses’ strike, with only about a quarter opposed.
By
Why strikers now have the upper hand
The pool of available workers remains vanishingly small. That puts unions in a position of strength.
By
Majority of Britons oppose workers earning over £50,000 going on strike
New polling reveals public sympathy for industrial action is influenced by salary levels.
By
Is Rishi Sunak’s anti-strike law a trap for Labour?
The first PMQs of the year was dominated by the NHS.
Mick Lynch: Government has “a Stalinist obsession” over strike negotiations
Speaking to MPs, Lynch put the blame for prolonged industrial action firmly at the government’s door.
By
Rishi Sunak is trying to split Labour with anti-strike legislation
But the balance of power has shifted towards the opposition.
By
I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m going on strike
The government has enabled real-term pay cuts, service overloads and chronic underinvestment within the NHS.
By
The long and futile history of British anti-strike law
After centuries of crackdowns, UK workers still walk out – as they always have done.
By
Anti-strike laws are un-Conservative
Collective bargaining and the right to withdraw labour are free-market liberties.
By
Rishi Sunak’s “anti-strike” law won’t work – just look at Europe
Minimum service levels in western EU countries are often based on mutual agreements between employers and unions rather than the…
By
What are the salaries of workers going on strike in the UK?
Rail workers, nurses and paramedics aren’t paid as much as people think.
By
New year heralds no resolution for Rishi Sunak
The Prime Minister projects stability, but his plans for levelling up and childcare could reopen his party’s wounds.
By