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Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer

Scottish Rugby's new lower tackle height will affect matches in the Tennent's Premiership next season. (Photo by Mark Scates / SNS Group)

Scottish Rugby lower tackle height for all levels Premiership and below

First Minister Humza Yousaf (right) arrives with newly-appointed education secretary Jenny Gilruth. Picture: PA

Humza Yousaf urged to intervene in his old private school's 'bully tactics'

Fiona Bruce on the set of Question Time. Question Time is returning to TV screens - days after the pay of its host Fiona Bruce was revealed. The flagship BBC One political show will be back Thursday with a slightly larger virtual audience than in the last series.

Full panel line-up for BBC Question Time in Bristol

RMT members protesting outside Glasgow Central Station in September. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail paid £6.5m compensation after Network Rail strikes cancel 40,000 trains

April will see strike action affect everything from rail service to civil and public services.

Full list of strikes coming up in April 2023

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted defends school inspections despite backlash

King Charles III and Queen Consort’s state trip to France cancelled

A French gendarme stands next to smoke during a demonstration as part of a national day of strikes and protests, a week after the French government pushed a pensions reform through parliament without a vote, using the article 49.3 of the constitution, in Nantes, western France, on March 23, 2023

French unions call for more strikes during King Charles III’s visit

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

Passport Office workers are set to strike over pay and working conditions which unions warn will have a “significant impact” ahead of summer holidays.

Summer holiday travel warning as Passport Office set to strike

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

NHS physiotherapists take part in a strike outside of St Thomas’ Hospital on January. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

NHS unions and government reach pay offer deal

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Members of French unions went on strike

Travel advice to France issued after massive strike announcement

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

Firefighters cancel strike as new pay deal agreed

Warning over future of UK steelmaking as British Steel cut 260 jobs

Scottish street orchestra Nevis Ensemble last month announced its closure with immediate effect.

Unions demand reversal of Scotland’s culture cuts which 'threaten 8,500 jobs'

The Scottish Government has been criticised for its planned National Care Service reform.

SNP group joins calls for National Care Service plans to be paused

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UK Border Force to strike at major ports during February half term

Homer Simpson after going on strike

The Simpsons' Homer goes on strike in Walk Out Wednesday 'coincidence'

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (Photo: Fire Brigades Union)

UK firefighters’ strike 2023: everything you need to know

Aslef is one of four unions striking on 1 February

TUC organise ‘Right to Strike Day’ on February 1

The Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers, which brings together the Scottish Government, local authority leaders in Cosla and trades unions, is to meet on Friday.

Fresh talks to take place amid dispute over teachers’ pay in Scotland

A disguised protestor holding a placard reading "let's defend our very special pension regimes" poses before a demonstration in Paris. Picture: AP Photo/Lewis Joly

Protests test French plan to raise retirement age

Train drivers from Aslef and RMT announce two strike dates in February.

Train drivers announce two new strike dates if February

Private firms could be set to increase their benefits from National Care Service contracts to £2.2m in total.

Unions fume as six-figure National Care Service contract set for private firms

Teachers have walked out this month

Teaching union announces 22 more days of strike action in Scotland

Mick Whelan, the General Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) arrives to attend a Commons Select Committee on rail strikes at Portcullis House.

Railway union boss hints at ‘more strikes’ in 2023

Members of the EIS and NASUWT unions, join the picket line at Craigmount High School in Edinburgh. Secondary schools around Scotland are shut as members of the EIS and SSTA unions take strike action in a dispute over pay. Picture date: Wednesday January 11, 2023.

Prelim exams affected as teachers take second day of strike action in pay row

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

The Government hopes to pass anti-strike legislation.

Analysis: Government look strong on strikes but that doesn't mean it's popular

Business Secretary Grant Shapps making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London, where he formally introduced the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.

Tories accused of trying to 'outdo Thatcher' after unveiling anti-strike law

Teachers strike in Scotland. Primary school teachers in the EIS and NASUWT unions are do to take the action as part of a dispute over pay.

Last-ditch talks to take place in bid to avoid teacher strikes

New TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak at TUC Congress House in London. He officially takes up the post in January from Frances O'Grady. Picture date: Wednesday December 21, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY TUC. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Strikes will continue in 2023 unless government prepared for pay talk

Health secretary Humza Yousaf said he remained committed to "meaningful dialogue" with NHS unions. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Unions express anger at Scottish Government plan to implement rejected pay deal

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Liverpool. Picture: PA

Analysis: Scotland braced for strikes in crisis that is universal

Due to a boom in online shopping during lockdown, Amazon has created 15,000 new warehouse and delivery driver jobs across the UK. Meanwhile, Hermes has created 10,000 jobs.

New study shows link between gig economy and increased health issues

The Royal College of Nursing is due to take strike action for the first time in its history (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Unions should beware of repeating mistakes of 1979 Winter of Discontent

Teachers from the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association union (SSTA) on the picket line at Smithycroft Secondary School in Glasgow, as schools across Scotland are hit by teachers' strikes with members of two trade unions taking action on Wednesday and Thursday. Picture date: Wednesday December 7, 2022.

Teachers on second day of strike action in pay dispute

The new set of postal strikes will encompass December 23 and 24.

Royal Mail new strike days December 2022

Picket lines at Glasgow Central Station (Pic: John Devlin)

UK Government legislation bid to ‘keep Britain moving’ during strikes

An Avanti West Coast service arriving at Glasgow Central. Picture: Avanti West Coast

Unions call for urgent meeting with Sturgeon over rail network future

Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has been told to act on Scotland's NHS or his position will become "untenable".

Union preparing for ‘next big battle’ over NHS pay as crisis deepens

Bins are overflowing in Edinburgh.

Talks ongoing to end crippling bin strikes as more workers walk out

Rubbish piled high in Edinburgh city centre during strike action

Council workers speak out ahead of next wave of strike action

A member of the public walks past a bin and litter in Victoria Street in Edinburgh city centre.

Households may not have rubbish backlog cleared before next wave of strike

A member of the public walks past a bin and litter in Victoria Street in Edinburgh city centre.

Households may not have rubbish backlog cleared before next wave of strike

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has insisted he has “no legal standing” to negotiate a deal to end strike action that has left rubbish piled up on the streets of Edinburgh – despite unions pleading for ministers to take part in talks.

Swinney: I have no legal standing to negotiate deal to end council strike

Rubbish has been piling up in the Capital

In pictures: Piles of rubbish mounts up in Edinburgh amid strike

Rubbish has been piling up in streets around Edinburgh since the strike action began.

Unions to consider revised Cosla offer as rubbish mounts on streets of Edinburgh

Shona Robison ruled out further funding from the Scottish Government to boost council coffers

Cosla told to think again over 'dire' pay offer to Scottish council staff

Council workers are threatening strike action if council leaders do not increase the pay award offered this year.

Scottish Government commits extra £140 million to break council strikes threat

Rubbish could be left "piling up in the streets", unions have warned

Crunch talks scheduled for next week as council strikes loom in Scotland

Strike action could become more prevalent over the coming months as the cost of living crisis hits. Picture: PA

Poll: Public sector worker strikes overwhelmingly backed by Scottish public

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Alex Salmond is the leader of the Alba Party.

Alex Salmond to return to Edinburgh fringe six years after chat show run

Former US president Donald Trump is facing charges. Picture: Getty Images

Donald Trump facing seven charges over secret files in latest indictment

Aldi has deployed a new laser deterrent system – which uses light beams to trick birds into thinking there is a predator in the vicinity, prompting them to flee – to stop seagulls nesting on the roof of its Bathgate distribution facility

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