Who’s on strike at this time? Each date for nurse, postal, rail, ambulance and Border Power walkouts

Britain has had a troublesome time of it in 2022, rising from two years within the grip of the coronavirus solely to be confronted by a dire value of residing disaster outlined by runaway inflation and rocketing power payments exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Now, as Christmas approaches, we discover ourselves in a brand new “winter of discontent” with the nation’s unions, representing employees from a variety of public-facing professions, concluding that they haven’t any selection however to undertake industrial motion as their requires improved pay and dealing situations go unanswered whereas rising costs erode earnings.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has organised strike days all through December and into January, as 40,000 employees down instruments at one of many busiest intervals of the yr in a bid to power improved phrases.

“Regardless of each effort made by our negotiators, it’s clear that the federal government is immediately interfering with our makes an attempt to achieve a settlement,” it has mentioned of its newest walkouts.

“The union suspended earlier strike motion in good religion to permit for intensive negotiations to resolve the dispute. But Community Rail have didn’t make an improved provide on jobs, pay and situations for our members over the past two weeks of talks.”

Responding, Community Rail’s chief negotiator Tim Shoveller has mentioned: “Nobody can deny the precarious monetary gap by which the railway finds itself. Placing makes that gap greater and the duty of discovering a decision ever harder.

“We is not going to quit and hope that the RMT will return to the desk with a extra lifelike appreciation of the scenario.”

The Communication Staff’ Union, representing postal employees, can also be at odds with Royal Mail over its members’ wages, resulting in walkouts at a time when the general public might be searching for Christmas presents on-line and counting on deliveries greater than ever.

Royal Mail says it has “well-developed contingency plans” in place however “can’t totally change the day by day efforts of our frontline workforce,” assuring prospects it will be “doing what we are able to to maintain providers working” whereas warning that the strikes are “prone to trigger you some disruption”.

Each Royal School of Nursing (RCN) members and ambulance employees represented by the GMB, Unite and Unison unions are likewise happening strike over pay and situations inside the NHS.

RCN common secretary Pat Cullen mentioned: “Nursing employees have had sufficient of being taken without any consideration, sufficient of low pay and unsafe staffing ranges, sufficient of not having the ability to give our sufferers the care they deserve.”

Additionally placing this month are G4S employees, London bus drivers, Eurostar safety personnel, Border Power brokers, Heathrow baggage handlers, Scottish lecturers, driving examiners in northern England and Scotland and Nationwide Freeway Staff across the nation, all of which provides as much as enormous disruption for the general public and repair issues for companies throughout the nation.

Actually, there may be solely sooner or later this month – by The Impartial’s rely – for which there is no such thing as a main protest demonstration presently scheduled, Saturday 10 December, and that would properly change.

Here’s a timeline of the entire strike dates introduced to this point for December 2022 and early January 2023.

Tuesday 20 December

Royal School of Nurses strike – England, Wales and Northern Eire

Driving examiners strike – northern England and Scotland

Wednesday 21 December

GMB, Unite, Unison ambulance employees and NHS employees strike

Driving examiners strike – northern England and Scotland

Thursday 22 December

RMT Eurostar safety employees strike

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – London and South East

Driving examiners strike – northern England and Scotland

Friday 23 December

Royal Mail postal employees strike

RMT Eurostar safety employees strike

East Midlands Railways strike

Driving examiners strike – northern England and Scotland

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Saturday 24 December

RMT nationwide practice strike from 6pm

Royal Mail postal employees strike

RMT Eurostar safety employees strike

East Midlands Railways strike

Driving examiners strike – northern England and Scotland

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Sunday 25 December

RMT nationwide practice strike

RMT Eurostar safety employees strike

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Monday 26 December

RMT nationwide practice strike

RMT Eurostar safety employees strike

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Tuesday 27 December

RMT practice strike ends 6am

RMT Eurostar safety employees strike continues ends 6am

Wednesday 28 December

GMB, Unite, Unison ambulance employees and NHS employees strike

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Thursday 29 December

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Friday 30 December

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – West Midlands and South West

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Saturday 31 December

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – West Midlands and South West

Border Power employees strike – Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports

Sunday 1 January

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – all areas

Driving examiners’ strike – West Midlands, East Midlands and jap England

Unison employees at Atmosphere Company refuse to volunteer to attend incidents

Monday 2 January

Unison employees at Atmosphere Company refuse to volunteer attend incidents till 9am

Tuesday 3 January

RMT nationwide practice strike

Rural Funds Company (RPA) resume strike

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – all areas

Wednesday 4 January

RMT nationwide practice strike

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – all areas

Driving examiners’ strike – London, South East, South Wales and South West

RPA proceed strike

Thursday 5 January

ASLEF nationwide practice drivers strike

Driving examiners’ strike – London, South East, South Wales and South West

RPA proceed strike

Friday 6 January

RMT nationwide practice strike

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – East Midlands and jap England

Driving examiners’ strike – London, South East, South Wales and South West

RPA proceed strike

Saturday 7 January

RMT nationwide practice strike

Nationwide Highways Staff strike – East Midlands and jap England

Driving examiners’ strike – London, South East, South Wales and South West

Sunday 8 January

Driving examiners’ strike – London, South East, South Wales and South West

Monday 9 January

Driving examiners’ strike – London, South East, South Wales and South West

RPA proceed strike

Tuesday 10 January

Academic Institute of Scotland (EIS) nationwide strike

Driving examiners’ strike – London, South East, South Wales and South West

RPA proceed strike

Wednesday 11 January

EIS, joined by Scottish Secondary Lecturers’ Affiliation, nationwide strike

RPA proceed strike

Thursday 12 January

RPA proceed strike

Friday 13 January

RPA proceed strike

Monday 16 January

EIS nationwide strike lasting for 16 consecutive days till Thursday 2 February