strike action

SWR announces strike service levels

South Western Railway (SWR) is urging customers only to travel by rail if absolutely necessary for the planned RMT strike day on Wednesday 27 July.

Customers should expect severe disruption and, if they have to travel, should seek to do so by other means.

SWR has published their strike day service levels, which will provide a very limited service on the routes Network Rail...

FGW announce service plan during rail strike

First Great Western (FGW) has issued details of disruption to its services if planned strikes by workers go ahead over the next couple of weeks.

The company has confirmed it expects to run the majority of London Thames Valley services but long distance and local rail services will be reduced, should the planned strike action go ahead.

Should industrial action go ahead it is...

Firefighters confirm four-hour strike action

Firefighters will strike over pensions on Wednesday (25 September), the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced. The strike will take place for four hours, between noon and 4pm.

Almost 80% of members voted in favour of industrial action in a ballot that ended earlier this month, although union officials say that they have left the strike to the last possible moment to allow for the...

Strike action affects some Post Office branches

Staff in the country's network of 371 Crown post offices will take a ninth round of strike action today (Monday 29 July) in a dispute over closures, jobs, and pay.

Only three percent of branches may be affected by the action according to the Post Office.

The strikes have been called by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) which represents staff members in the Crown network...