Industrial action within different sectors is continuing to cause disruption right across the UK with services in Wales being affected every week. After a year defined by a sharp rise in strike action in 2022, unions are planning further walkouts in the coming weeks and months as they fight for better pay and working conditions.
Among those striking are nurses, paramedics, teachers and rail workers. Thousands of teachers are set to walk out across four days in the coming months after voting overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over pay and conditions, with school closures now very much on the cards across Wales on those days.
Members of the Royal College of Nursing are planning further strikes in February after holding two previous days of industrial action in December, with one of these strike dates set to coincide with ambulance workers across Wales also walking out. Get the latest news from across Wales sent straight to your inbox for free by signing up to our newsletter.
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After rail strikes were held throughout 2022, some train drivers are set to engage in further industrial action in the coming weeks, causing delays on services across the country. Court staff are also set to walk out, while the Communications Workers Union (CWU) has threatened more national postal strikes.
With the amount of industrial action taking place increasingly on a weekly basis, it can be difficult to know which services are being affected and when. To help you, here are all the dates that strikes are currently planned in 2023.
January
Thursday January 19
- Welsh Ambulance Service workers represented by Unite are striking for 24 hours
Saturday January 21
- Members of the PCS union working as legal advisers and court associates in more than 80 courts across England and Wales are taking industrial action
Monday 23 January
- Welsh Ambulance Service workers represented by Unite are striking for 24 hours
Saturday January 28
- Members of the PCS union working as legal advisers and court associates in more than 80 courts across England and Wales are taking industrial action
February
Wednesday February 1
- Train drivers represented by the Aslef and RMT unions
- Teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) are on strike over pay
- University staff at 150 universities across the UK, including those in Wales, will strike
- Around 100,000 civil servants in 124 government departments and other bodies are on strike in a dispute over pay and conditions
Friday February 3
- Train drivers represented by the Aslef and RMT unions
Friday February 6
- Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will strike for 12 hours
- Almost 1,500 GMB Union ambulance workers, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff will strike
Friday February 7
- Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will strike for 12 hours
Tuesday February 14
- Teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) are on strike over pay
Monday February 20
- Almost 1,500 GMB Union ambulance workers, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff will strike
March
Monday March 6
- Almost 1,500 GMB Union ambulance workers, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff will strike
Wednesday March 15
- Teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) are on strike over pay
Wednesday March 16
- Teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) are on strike over pay
Monday March 20
- Almost 1,500 GMB Union ambulance workers, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff will strike
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