December is shaping up to be one of the biggest months of strike action in decades. Nurses, driving test examiners and postal workers are among tens of thousands of staff who are expected to walk out at various points before the new year.
This week will see major strike action affecting the railways, with members of the RMT union walking out for four days over the course of the week. That strike action begins today (December 13) and continues tomorrow, before resuming on Friday and Saturday.
It's the latest episode in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions for rail workers. Services will be affected across England, Scotland and Wales.
