Strikes

Resident doctors have voted to go on strike this July over a pay dispute.

The dates that resident doctors will go on strike this summer

The Portsmouth Grammar School

'Teachers open to negotiations' as strikes planned at private school

The Portsmouth Grammar School

Strikes planned at private school in a row over pensions

Staff across all three HSDC campuses have gone on strike over devastating job cuts following serious cash flow issues and a financial blackhole.

Pictured is: Staff at HSDC in Havant.

Picture: Sarah Standing (130625-7876)

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Dockyard workers in Portsmouth have voted to strike due to an ongoing contract row between the Ministry of Defence and Serco for tug and other infrastructure services. Pictured: HMS Prince of Wales leaving Portsmouth Harbour with a tug escort.

"Vulnerable" Navy ops "crippled" as dockyard workers face redundancies

Dockyard workers who work for Serco Maritime were on strike on Monday, February 3, 2025. After being left in dark about the afloat services contract, many of them are scared for their jobs.

Crippling dockyard workers strikes escalate - future action imminent

Dockyard workers who work for Serco Maritime were on strike on Monday, February 3, 2025, outside HMNB Portsmouth. After being left in dark about the afloat services contract, many of them are scared for their jobs.

"Vital" Navy ops "disrupted" - workers scared for their jobs strike

Dockyard workers in Portsmouth have confirmed strike dates amid an ongoing contract row between the Ministry of Defence and Serco for tug and other infrastructure services. Pictured: HMS Prince of Wales leaving Portsmouth Harbour with a tug escort.

"Costly and dangerous mistake" faces Navy - dockyard strike dates set

Dockyard workers in Portsmouth have voted to strike due to an ongoing contract row between the Ministry of Defence and Serco for tug and other infrastructure services. The News understands redundancy consultations are taking place at the company. Pictured: HMS Prince of Wales leaving Portsmouth Harbour with a tug escort.

Redundancy consultations hit dockyard workers - contract row continues

The council has expressed concern about the ongoing bus strikes plaguing the Portsmouth area. Pictured: Picket line for striking bus drivers in despite over pay and reinstatement of conditions at the First Bus (Solent) depot in Fareham, Hampshire, UK, on January 11.

"Disappointing" bus strikes could scare off passengers

Picket line for striking bus drivers in despite over pay and reinstatement of conditions at the First Bus (Solent) depot in Fareham, Hampshire, UK, on January 11. Further strikes dates have been announced for the Portsmouth area.

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Three new teacher strike dates have been announced

New teacher strike dates for February 2025 announced

Pompey's Callum Lang celebrates one of his four goals against Coventry today. Pic: Jason Brown/ProSportsImages

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An "aging" and struggling Royal Fleet Auxiliary is causing sealift capability problems for the Royal Navy and UK, a research paper has said. Pictured: RFA Tidesurge mains a constant distance from HMS Prince of Wales as fuel is pumped across.

Ageing and shrinking support fleet causing Royal Navy problems, report

This is not the first time National Education Union members have gone of strike in recent years

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel will be continuing industrial for the next six months, with the force and the Ministry of Defence left reeling due to lack of staff and investment. Pictured: RFA Tidesurge mains a constant distance from HMS Prince of Wales as fuel is pumped across.

Royal Fleet Auxiliary unable to use half its fleet - strikes extended
Officers and personnel of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) will be extending its period of industrial action - leaving the government and a struggling force reeling.
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Talks to resolve the ongoing strikes plaguing the RFA have stalled once again, with an MoD meeting earlier this week failing to resolve the issue. Pictured are striking union members in Portsmouth.

"Frustrating": Pay talks to sort Royal Fleet Auxiliary strikes stall

Members of the RMT and Nautilus International unions on strike in Portsmouth in September. Pictured is: (l-r) Martyn Gray, Olly Longden, Andy Rawlinson and Mark Brennan, striking in Wharf Road near Whale Island, Portsmouth, on September 3

Fed up RFA sailors to stage fresh strikes - pay talks stall

Planned refit for RFA Cardigan Bay has been disrupted by striking Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel. Pictured is the vessel sailing alongside Bahrain in 2019.

Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship repairs delayed due to striking sailors

Royal Fleet Auxiliary officers and seafarers are once again going on strike amid a bitter row over pay and conditions, coinciding with the Labour Party conference. Demonstrations have previously been held in Portsmouth.

Angry Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers escalate pay strikes

Members of the RMT and Nautilus International unions have gone on strike on Merchant Navy Day over pay and conditions for Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailors. Talks have been held with the Ministry of Defence, but a pay offer has yet to be issued.

Pictured is: (l-r) Martyn Gray, Olly Longden, Andy Rawlinson and Mark Brennan, striking in Wharf Road near Whale Island, Portsmouth, on September 3

RFA sailors "harassed" into returning from leave early - low staff

UK holidaymakers are being warned of “numerous flight cancellations” that are set to hit airports in Portugal this week. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Flight cancellations to hit airports in holiday hotspot

Members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are set to walk out today over a row about pay and conditions. Nautilus International said a below inflation pay offer was imposed on its members by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). A demonstration is being held in Portsmouth.

Royal Fleet Auxiliary staff to hold demonstration near military base

The Office for National Statistics office in Segensworth Road, Titchfield.

ONS staff to take action in dispute over mandatary office working

Teachers' unions have praised a proposed pay rise from the new government (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers and officers are set to stage historic strike in a bitter row over pay and being overworked. RFA personnel support the Royal Navy on various deployments and operations. Pictured is RFA Tidespring.

"Overworked" Royal Fleet Auxiliary staff to stage historic strike

Central Coast Mariners left-back Jacob Farrell is set to sign for Pompey. Pic: Getty.

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Junior doctors strike at the picket line outside Queen Alexandra Hospital: (left to right)Dr Raymond Effah, Penny Foskett, supporter, Jon Woods and Frank Minal, BMA industrial relations officer.

View from the picket line as junior doctors strike reaches second day

QA hospital is set to be affected by the junior doctors strike between 1am on Thursday, June 27, until Tuesday, July 2.

NHS Trusts appeal for help from the public as latest strike looms

Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond, which has been deployed in the Red Sea in recent months to deter attacks from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on merchant ships. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Ferocious strikes carried out by British forces on Houthi targets

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A person walks along a railway platform at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Queen Alexandra Hospital recently declared a critical incident for more than three weeks with services under "intense pressure"

Junior doctors strike begins in latest pay dispute

QA Hospital is expecting disruption as it faces the latest round of junior doctors strikes starting on Saturday, February 24

QA warns patients to expect disruption ahead of upcoming strikes

Staff are staging a walk out at Asda in Dock Road, Gosport. Members of the GMB Union called off previous plans for industrial action, but they have now been reinstated. Picture: Google

Staff at supermarket vote to strike again after last-ditch talks fail

No trains will run between Portsmouth and London as fresh industrial action has been called. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 120821-17)

No trains running from Portsmouth to London because of strike action

Grant Schapps (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Royal Navy ship avoids Houthi attack in Red Seas

Staff at Asda's Gosport superstore will be going on strike from January 12

Striking Asda staff push back industrial action - when and why

Many adults ignore serious health issues – to relieve pressure on NHS

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

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The train drivers' union says the timing of the strikes was not aimed as disrupting Tory members attending their annual conference

Union says Tory accusations inspired train strike targeting conference

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

Junior doctors have already walked out this year

NHS warns consultant and junior doctor strikes will disrupt care

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% in July, prompting more recession fears.

Recession fears as UK economy shrinks by ‘more than expected’ in July

Commuters walk past a train stopped at a platform in Waterloo Station in London, during a national strike day, on February 1, 2023.

Rail strikes spell bank holiday travel chaos - 20,000 workers walk out

Train services in the UK are set to be disrupted again this weekend as tens of thousands of workers gear up for more industrial action.

Rail strikes: Full list of industrial action in August & September

London Gatwick Airport will be hit by eight days of strikes this summer - Credit: Adobe

Gatwick Airport to be hit by strikes for eight days of summer holidays

DVLA manages everything from driving licences to car tax

DVLA warns of driving licence delays as 100 workers strike for 15 days

Thousands of driving tests cancelled in June as examiners strike

Unison is balloting its members in schools and councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are on nationally agreed pay for strike action to support its pay claim of 12.7 per cent. The postal ballot starts on 23 May and closes on 4 July. Unison is recommending members vote yes for strike action. Pictured is the Portsmouth Unison group

"The government keep telling us inflation will fall by the end of the year, but I have no confidence in their promises. In any case, the huge price rises that have already eaten into our wages will continue to do so. The cost of our 12.7% pay claim is approximately £1.1B. Half of this comes straight back to central government through increased tax payments and reduced benefits. This year's spring budget gave £9B of tax cuts to big business. During the pandemic £10B was wasted on PPE contracts that didn’t deliver. Central government can afford to fully fund the pay increase we need, and our schools and councils need. The only way we can get fair pay for school and council workers is to vote for strike action." said Jon Woods, Portsmouth City UNISON Branch Chair

Photo shows members of Portsmouth City UNISON getting behind the pay campaign at a meeting on 17 May 2023.

Portsmouth school and council workers are encouraged to go on strike

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Full list of rail operators to be impacted by ASLEF and RMT strikes

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Game of Thrones spin-off halted due to Hollywood writers’ strikes

RMT strikers (Photo: Getty Images)

RMT members back further rail strike action

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Ryanair has been forced to cut some flights in August due to delivery issues with their new Boeing aircraft. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Ryanair cancels 220 flights over May 1 bank holiday due to strikes

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