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  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    Lex
    Labour: the new US trade unionist is young, educated and ethnically diverse Premium content

    Unionisation surge partly reflects a labour shortage that has increased collective bargaining power

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    FT readers respond
    Rail strikes across Britain: FT readers share their views

    Commenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK’s potential ‘summer of discontent’

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK faces summer of travel chaos as strike threats spread

    BA check-in staff at Heathrow vote to walk out during school holidays and rail talks break up without deal

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Sunak defends 10% UK pension rise as teaching unions threaten strikes

    NEU and NASUWT demand 12% pay increase as inflation climbs to 9.1%

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Showdown on Britain’s railways portends a summer of strife

    Government should set the principle that each pay deal is treated on merit

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Is Britain headed for a summer of strikes?

    Tensions over pay are rising but it will take time to pass legal hurdles and test union members’ resolve

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail strike set to begin after failure of last-ditch talks

    TUC leader Frances O’Grady says workers nationwide are supporting industrial action

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK ministers urged to hold last-ditch talks to avert mass rail strike

    RMT union leader signals industrial action could spill over into other parts of the country this summer

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    Apple Inc
    Apple store workers in Maryland win vote to form company’s first US union

    Victory follows organised labour drives at Amazon, Starbucks and Google parent Alphabet

  • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Rail union warns disruption could last all year after pay talks fail

    Leader of RMT accuses government of blocking progress in negotiations

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    Anne Perkins
    Strike showdown reveals unions’ enduring hold over Labour’s fortunes

    Half a century after Barbara Castle’s battle, the party still struggles with its relationship to the wider movement

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Looming wave of UK industrial action unnerves government

    ‘If we get this wrong, we risk a de facto general strike,’ minister says, as anger builds over public sector pay

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Rail
    Thousands of trains set to be cancelled across Britain next week during strikes

    Network Rail chief plays down likelihood of resolving pay dispute before industrial action starts on Tuesday

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    UK employment
    GMB union takes Bolt to tribunal over employment rights

    Ride-hailing app refuses to reclassify drivers as workers after similar case against Uber

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK unions warn minister over plan to use agency workers during rail strike

    RMT general secretary says any such move would harden members’ resolve to pursue industrial action

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    South Korean business & finance
    Hyundai and Posco’s operations hit by intensifying South Korea trucker strike

    Four-day walk out is swelling, snarling supply chains in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Unison warns of public-sector strikes unless pay deals match cost of living

    Union leader Christina McAnea says Boris Johnson has ‘no idea’ of financial strains facing ordinary people

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Rail bosses warn planned strike threatens supply chains

    Other unions join the action by the RMT as private and public sector braces for more industrial unrest

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Transport
    Heathrow boss says airport disruption will last up to 18 months

    Summer of misery ahead for UK rail and air travellers as train workers announce three days of strikes

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Trade unions should handle their resurgence carefully

    Unrest is rising, but prolonged strikes could squander public sympathy

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Sarah O'Connor
    Splintered UK labour market makes a wage-price spiral unlikely

    The decline of trade unions and rise of self-employment argue against a repeat of 1970s-style inflation

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Apple Inc
    Apple raises pay as inflation climbs and labour competitiveness grows

    Tech group faces unionisation push as workers complain of more difficult conditions

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail workers vote in favour of nationwide strike

    RMT union action over jobs and pay backed by 89% of members who voted

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK minister rows with rail unions ahead of mass strike ballot

    RMT says it will mount ‘fierce resistance’ to any government attempt to reduce right to industrial action

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail groups prepare plans to restrict services ahead of strike vote

    Operators draft contingency measures such as a 12-hour-a-day service if unions vote for a full national strike

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