London Underground staff in the RMT and Unite unions have gone on a 24-hour strike, halting the tube and disrupting travel for millions of commuters in the capital on Thursday. Passengers have been urged to avoid the tube and check before they travel due to the latest strike in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. The Elizabeth Line and national rail services should run as normal but are expected to be much busier.
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Workers at Felixstowe, which handles half of the country's container cargo, are walking out for eight days.
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The union had received criticism for 'cynically' timing the strikes during Rangers games.
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Felixstowe workers vote in favour of industrial action after Unite union rejected 5% pay rise. Dockers at the UK's largest container port have voted overwhelmingly to strike after they were offered a below-inflation pay rise in the latest industrial dispute sparked by the cost of living crisis to bring national transport infrastructure to a halt.W
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The future of transport policy in Scotland looks set to become increasingly politicised.
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Unite the Union has announced it will suspend its first set of rail strikes due to take place later this month following 'the most progressive talks to date with ScotRail over a pay dispute.
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A fresh deal is expected to be put to railway workers after six months of industrial action, the Scottish government says.
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ScotRail strikes that have frustrated passengers on Sundays since the spring are set to escalate amid increasing tensions between trade unions and Abellio managers.
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Ministers have been strongly criticised for a lack of action to halt a 'national embarrassment' ScotRail dispute as it was confirmed strikes will bring the nation's railways to a standstill during 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
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Transport Minister claims unions and company management are being 'actively encouraged' to resolve the industrial action.
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ScotRail engineers who are members of Unite the Union will go on strike during the crucial COP26 climate talks to be held in Glasgow next month.
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ScotRail train engineers are to take part in a series of 24-hour walk-outs over the coming weeks - including during the COP26 climate change conference - in a move union chiefs claim will bring the railways to a 'standstill'.
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ScotRail workers have voted to take part in a fresh series of strikes that coincide with the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November.
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Unions have demanded a face-to-face meeting with Nicola Sturgeon to call on her to reject ScotRail plans to axe 300 services each day - as leaders made an 11th hour call for rail managers to enter negotiations with an open mind to prevent Cop 26 trains disruption.
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Unite the union has confirmed today (6 August) that it has launched an industrial action ballot involving hundreds of its engineering members at Abellio Scotrail as pay talks with the company have collapsed.

The ballot, which will open on 11 August and close on 1 September, follows the failure by Abellio Scotrail to make a meaningful pay offer, as well as the company withdrawing a number of entitlements from workers including the Rest Day Working Agreement with Unite in April 2020 for engineering workers. The Dutch firm initially withdrew it for drivers but later reinstated it.
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Passengers face further disruption on Scotland's railways as a new strike threat involving hundreds of engineering workers has emerged in a increasingly bitter pay dispute.
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Scotland's main train operator today faced further potential disruption with its four main unions jointly announcing they were considering industrial action votes over pay.
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