Strike dates: Who’s hanging this week?

With the Tory authorities burying its head within the sand over the price of dwelling disaster, devoid of any plan to assist employees struggling to make ends meet, industrial motion continues to happen this week.

Unions are coordinating one of many greatest strike days but on February 1, with a whole lot of hundreds of employees staging “a very powerful coordinated walkout for a century”.

Lecturers, college workers, civil servants and prepare drivers have all mentioned they’ll stroll out on Wednesday February 1.

That’s the similar day the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has scheduled a nationwide protest in opposition to the proposed anti-strike legal guidelines.

Right here’s an inventory of all of the strikes going down this week.

30-31 January

Lecturers who’re members of the Instructional Institute of Scotland (EIS) are taking motion as a part of a dispute over pay in Aberdeenshire and the Scottish Borders right now. Tomorrow sees additional industrial motion by lecturers within the Highlands and West Lothian.

1^st February

Wednesday will see one of many greatest strike days but, with civil servants, lecturers, prepare drivers, college workers and bus drivers all taking industrial motion.

Civil servants

Round 100,000 civil servants in 124 authorities departments and different our bodies are on strike in a dispute over pay and situations, the PCS union has mentioned.

Workers on the Division for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Driver & Car Licensing Company (DVLA), and the Division of Well being and Social Care (DHSC) are amongst these collaborating.

Lecturers

The Nationwide Schooling Union (NEU) has introduced seven days of strike motion in February and March. The primary will likely be on will likely be on Wednesday 1 February, affecting 23,400 colleges in England and Wales.

Lecturers are campaigning for a fully-funded, above inflation pay rise.

Trains

Members of the Aslef union are hanging on Wednesday as are RMT members over a dispute concerning pay and situations. Each unions have introduced strike motion on February 1^st and February 3^rd.

The businesses affected embrace a few of London’s busiest commuter routes, together with Thameslink

College workers

The UCU has introduced that over 70,000 workers at 150 universities will strike on Wednesday 1 February.

UCU is in dispute with 150 universities over the problems of pay, pensions and dealing situations. The union mentioned ‘the clock is ticking’ for college bosses to make workers a critical supply and keep away from disruption.

Bus drivers

Strikes by bus drivers in London will are going forward after the rejection of pay affords.

Round 1,900 members of Unite employed by Abellio in London will stroll out on February 1, 2 and three.

February 2^nd

Lecturers in Dundee and Argyll and Bute are on strike as are bus drivers employed by Abellio in London

February 3^rd

Prepare drivers from Aslef and RMT members proceed to stroll out on Friday 3^rd over a dispute on pay and situations.

Lecturers in South Lanarkshire and Western Isles are additionally on strike as are bus drivers employed by Abellio.

Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Ahead

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