strike

Strike days drop by almost two thirds during Labour’s first year in power

Post author:The Canary
Post published:11 June 2026
Post last modified:11 June 2026

The number of working days lost to strike action plummeted by almost two thirds during Labour’s first year in power. This is according to new analysis from the GMB union. The 12 months leading up to July 2024, when Labour won power, saw 1,406,000 working days of strikes. During the year following Labour’s win, there were 559,000, a huge drop of more than 60%. The GMB will discuss the figures, which come from analysis of Office of National Statistics data, at its annual congress in Blackpool. Lifting the wages of millions of low paid workers and improvements to employment rights, such…

GMB latest union to abuse workers as branch secretaries go on strike

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:1 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

GMB branch secretaries have told the union to “practice what you preach” as they strike for pay and job security. The dispute is the latest in a woeful surge of unions abusing their staff while claiming to represent workers. ‘GMB’s chutzpah is unbelievable’ The branch secretaries say they are being bullied by the union’s management, threatened with summary dismissal and often paid below the legal minimum wage. They are demanding that the union engage in “serious talks” to resolve the dispute. Further strike action is scheduled for Friday 5 June. Their spokesperson, Alex Mitchell, has accused the union of “unbelievable chutzpah”…

Graphic footage warning: Israel slaughters families in Eid journalist assassination strike

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:28 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The occupation slaughtered families as it bombed at least one residential building in Gaza City trying to murder a journalist last night, 27 May 2026. Israel perpetrated the attack as Muslim families marked Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s two main annual festivals. The colonisers also murdered civilians in Lebanon. Warning — disturbing footage. One video is attached directly as Meta has disabled embedding. Omar al-Gedi entered the building as it burned after the night-time airstrike. He filmed hideously-wounded victims being removed as fire-fighters tried to extinguish the flames: https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/gaza-city-bombing-270526-omarelgedi.mp4 He also captured a rescue worker carrying a dead child from the…

Support staff at Leicester school to escalate strike campaign

Post author:The Canary
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Teaching assistants, residential workers, and other support staff at Ash Field Academy, a Leicester SEND school, completed their third day of strike action on Thursday 14 May. They’re demanding that Discovery Schools Academy Trust (DSAT), which runs the school, reinstates their trade union rep, Tom Barker. DSAT suspended Barker from Ash Field on 30 October 2025. This was just four working days after the closure of a ballot in which UNISON members voted for strike action over staffing cuts. DSAT linked the suspension to unspecified conduct concerns. Almost seven months on, DSAT has still produced no evidence to support any allegations…

Bolivian puppet regime and US Pentagon target leftist strike leaders

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Bolivia — Government targeting leftist leaders Strikes and police crackdowns across Bolivia have led to at least 90, perhaps over 120, arrests on leftists. The Bolivian justice department and policing Commander General have issued arrest warrants for the ongoing general strike‘s leadership. This is aimed explicitly at the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB)-led strikes. COB strike leaders — David Quispe Machaca, Juan Hector Huacani Guachalla, Justino Apaza Callisaya, Winston Jemio Quispe Gutierrez and Nilton Condori Alanoc — are being charged with: “Terrorism;” “Financing terrorism;” “Instigation of delinquency;” “Delinquent association;” “Activities against the security of transport routes;” and “Activities against the security of…