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Up to half-a-million workers set for biggest day of strikes in a decade

TUC accuses Government of being 'tone deaf to the issues that matter to the public' ahead of mass action

Wales Online

Biggest day of strikes in a decade will involve up to half-a-million workers

The action should send a message to the government to stop ‘ignoring’ the cause of the unrest, says the TUC.

The Independent UK

Union chief demands No10 summit with Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt to end wave of strikes

New TUC boss Paul Nowak told the Sunday Mirror in an exclusive interview: “The PM must get me and union leaders into the room to sort this out. We’ll go to No10 tomorrow. The ball is in his court.”

Daily Mirror

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New 'fire and rehire' rules 'not going to stop' another P&O-type scandal, union warns

Labour's Angela Rayner and the Trades Union Congress have slammed the Government's "shameful" new rules to tackle fire and rehire practices, saying it is just a "reheated" and "repeated" regulation

Daily Mirror

Sunak risks public ‘uproar’ with tax cuts before election, TUC leader warns

Paul Nowak says prime minister faces general condemnation if he does not prioritise resolving public sector disputes

The Guardian - UK

Voters back teachers' strike as they accuse Rishi Sunak of being 'absent'

A Redfield and Wilton poll for the Mirror found 39% support the teachers’ strike compared to 32% who oppose it. The public believes Rishi Sunak has been 'absent' from efforts to end walkouts across public sector

Daily Mirror

More than three in five patients support NHS workers striking, poll reveals

A YouGov poll shows 61% of those diagnosed with a health condition back nurses, paramedics and other health workers - as Lord Winston accuses the Government of having 'lost control' of the NHS

Daily Mirror

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Government accused of attempting to fast track new law on strikes

Labour will oppose the planned legislation, which has its second reading on Monday.

The Independent UK

Union bosses will take Tory ministers to court unless they ditch anti-strike law

Trades Union Congress general secretary Paul Nowak accused ministers of 'going back to the 1980s' by confronting unions rather than trying to resolve the disputes with public sector workers including nurses

Daily Mirror

'Missing in action' Chancellor Jeremy Hunt told to stump up cash to end NHS strikes

Paul Nowak, the new head of the Trades Union Congress, called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to come out of hiding and provide extra funding so nurses and ambulance workers can get a proper pay rise

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps accused of ‘outrageous slur’ over claim ambulance strike puts lives at risk

Business secretary clashes with union chiefs as he sets out plan for anti-strike legislation

The Independent UK

Brazen Grant Shapps claims striking paramedics are 'risking lives' in 'poison' crackdown

The Business Secretary is accused of 'demonising' striking ambulance workers as he turns his fire on the unions - and publishes a Bill to enforce minimum service levels on unions

Daily Mirror

Fire brigade union warns Government's anti-strike bill will be an ‘attack on Covid heroes’

New laws will require ambulance staff, firefighters and railway workers to provide a set level of service whilst undergoing industrial action

Manchester Evening News

Top UK bosses earn average person's annual wage in days: survey

London (AFP) - Britain's top bosses earned more in the first few days of 2023 than most ordinary workers will all year, a study showed Thursday, as many grapple with a cost-of-living crisis.

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Daily Mirror

New strike laws will let bosses fire workers and sue unions, says report

The government is planning new laws that will limit the right to strike by allowing employers to sack staff and sue trade unions, it is reported, following months of industrial action

The Independent UK

Top bosses ‘earn more by Thursday afternoon than average worker will make in year’

High Pay Centre data suggested that FTSE 100 company chiefs would have earned an average of £33,000 by 2pm.

Evening Standard

Train drivers strike will cripple UK services with third day in a row of disruption in London

There will be no trains to Gatwick and Heathrow airports and Tubes are set to be disrupted

Wales Online

New TUC boss calls for urgent meeting with Prime Minister

Paul Nowak wants ministers to open pay negotiations with unions as more strikes are set to go ahead

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Daily Mirror

Ministers urged to settle bitter dispute with workers amid fresh wave of strikes

Speaking on a picket line at London’s Euston station, Mick Lynch said the Government 'knows what needs to be done to move towards a settlement that we can all support' - but it has not happened so far

Daily Mirror

Struggling workers to continue pay strikes in 2023 and WON’T 'settle for crumbs'

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said workers will "not be broken or beaten by Rishi Sunak" referring to planned anti-strike legislation and speculation unions were set to run out of money

Chronicle Live

Ben Wallace says ministers will not be 'held to ransom' by unions amid NHS, Royal Mail and ambulance strikes

The Defence Secretary made the comments after accusations that ministers were 'sabotaging' negotiations between unions and employers.

Daily Mirror

Union boss blasts 'general strike' claims which do 'disservice to members'

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak, who represents 48 unions, said members aren't interested in a 'general strike or taking on the Government' but are 'interested in a decent pay rise'

The National (Scotland)

The new TUC chief has a gloomy forecast for Keir Starmer

LABOUR will not “be able to fix our public services” on day one if they win the next election, the new head of the UK’s trade union federation…

Wales Online

Government will not be 'held to ransom' by public sector strikes

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said there was 'no magic wand' to fund above-inflation pay rises

Evening Standard

Ministers will not be ‘held to ransom’ by unions, says Ben Wallace

The Defence Secretary said there is ‘no magic wand’ to produce the money to fund above-inflation pay awards

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