Explainer
UK strike days calendar – the public service
stoppages planned for December
All the dates for strikes and stoppages across
health, transport and postal networks
Joe
Middleton
Mon 12 Dec
2022 06.00 GMT
The wave of
strikes sweeping the country reaches a peak this week, threatening to bring
Britain to a standstill as workers across the transport network, NHS, Royal
Mail and civil service take industrial action in ongoing rows over pay and
conditions.
Further
unrest could beset the government in the new year as strike ballots for
firefighters and teachers close in January, while junior doctors are scheduled
to vote next month, and London Underground have approved a mandate for another
six months of industrial action.
With
wide-ranging protests in the public and private sectors, Rishi Sunak last week
vowed to bring in “new tough laws” to limit strike action.
No details
have been released by No 10 on the plans, but Sharon Graham, general secretary
of Unite, warned they will not be “intimidated by anti-trade union attacks” and
were “ready industrially and financially” to challenge any new measures.
Here are
the main public service strikes planned before the end of the year:
Monday 12
December
A strike by
Unison members working for the NHS will take place in Northern Ireland.
Tuesday 13
December
Members of the RMT working for Network Rail
and 14 train operating companies are scheduled to stage the first of days of
strikes.
National
Rail has warned there will be a “very limited service” on strike days and there
will be “no trains at all on some routes”.
TSSA
members who work for Avanti West Coast will stage a 48-hour stoppage.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services
(PCS) union will take action spread over the month that will affect numerous
government agencies and departments.
The first
day includes staff at the government’s Rural Payments Agency (RPA), who
disburse funds for the agricultural sector.
Staff at
the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will strike starting on this
date in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Wednesday
14 December
Members of the Communication Workers Union
(CWU) continue strike action in an increasingly bitter dispute with Royal Mail
over pay and conditions.
More than
115,000 postal staff are expected to take part in industrial action that will
continue in the run-up to Christmas and is expected to disrupt the delivery of
letters and packages.
Other strikes include RMT members working for
Network Rail and the 14 train operating companies, TSSA members who work for
Avanti West Coast, staff at the RPA and staff at the DVSA in Scotland and
Northern Ireland.
Thursday 15
December
Up to 100,000 nurses with the royal College of
Nursing (RCN) are expected to take part in the first of a series of strikes
across 53 NHS organisations in England.
Members of the CWU will strike for a second
consecutive day and staff at the RPA and DVSA in Scotland and Northern Ireland
continue industrial action.
Friday 16
December
RMT members working as security staff at
Eurostar will start four days of industrial action in the run-up to Christmas.
The union
said the action “will severely affect Eurostar services and travel plans for
people over the December period”.
Eurostar
said that if services are affected it will “update customers as soon as
possible”.
PCS members working for National Highways will
take part in the first of 12 days of strike action over the festive period.
The strike
is taking place on a regional basis, with the first action covering the
north-west, Yorkshire and Humber and the north-east.
Ground handlers employed by private contractor
Menzies at Heathrow airport, who are members of Unite, will take action from
4am for 72 hours.
Strikes are also expected by RMT members at
Network Rail and 14 train operating companies; TSSA members with Avanti West
Coast; Abellio bus workers in the south and west of London; staff at the RPA
and DVSA staff in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Saturday 17
December
Further strike action by RMT members working
for Network Rail and 14 train operating companies; TSSA members who work for
Avanti West Coast, c2c, CrossCounty and East Midlands Railway; Abellio bus
workers in the south and west of London; and members of the PCS working for
National Highways; and Unite ground handlers at Heathrow.
Sunday 18
December
Members of Unite who work at the Highlands and
Islands airports in Scotland strike again.
The 11
airports affected are Barra, Benbecula, Campbeltown, Dundee, Inverness, Islay,
Kirkwall, Stornoway, Sumburgh, Tiree and Wick.
RMT members at Eurostar will also strike.
Unite baggage handlers at Heathrow also continue their action.
Tuesday 20
December
Strike action by nurses from the RCN.
The DVSA strike continues in the north-west,
Yorkshire and Humber, and in north Wales. RPA staff continue their strike.
Wednesday
21 December
Ambulance workers and other NHS staff will
stage a strike coordinated by the GMB, Unison and Unite.
The DVSA
strike continues in the north-west, Yorkshire and Humber and north Wales. RPA
staff continue their action.
Cleaners with the RMT union will begin the
first of a number of strike days at rail firms including Avanti, although
services are unlikely to halt.
Members of Unite who work at the Highlands and
Islands airports in Scotland strike again, as will Eurostar security staff and
National Highways workers in London and the south-east.
Friday 23
December
Eurostar security staff, cleaners for a number
of rail companies, postal workers with the CWU, and the DVSA staff in the
north-west, Yorkshire and Humber, and north Wales are all due to take action.
PCS members in the Border Force start a wave
of strikes at London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff
and Glasgow airports.
Saturday 24
December
CWU members are due to strike.
Members of RMT working for Network Rail will
strike, although this will mostly affect engineering works.
PCS members in the Border Force continue
strike action at airports.
Sunday 25
December
The RMT strike will continue, however no
services run on Christmas day.
PCS members in the Border Force continue
strike action at airports.
Monday 26 December
The RMT rail strike will continue.
PCS members in the Border Force continue
strike action at airports.
Tuesday 27
December
The RMT strike continues until 6am.
Wednesday
28 December
Ambulance workers and other NHS staff will
stage another strike coordinated by the GMB, Unison and Unite, in England and
Wales.
The DVSA driving examiners’ strikes will start
in the West Midlands, the eastern region and the east Midlands.
PCS members in the Border Force continue
strike action at airports.
Thursday 29
December
The DVSA strike continues in the West
Midlands, Eastern region and east Midlands.
PCS members in the Border Force continue
strike action at airports.
Friday
December 30
Strikes by National Highways employees will
kick off in the West Midlands and the south-west.
The DVSA strike continues in the West
Midlands, the eastern region and east Midlands.
PCS members in the Border Force continue
strike action at airports.
Saturday 31
December
RMT members working as cleaners for a number
of rail companies are due to take action.
Action by National Highways employees will
begin in the West Midlands and South-west.
PCS members in the Border Force continue
strike action at airports.
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