Britain is bracing for additional industrial motion this month as junior medical doctors belonging to the British Medical Affiliation (BMA) stage a five-day walkout and each the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and Aslef introduce extra strike dates, bringing but extra disruption to rail providers.
Senior medical doctors are additionally downing stethoscopes for a 48-hour interval in July and Aslef can be taking “motion wanting a strike” by saying extra time bans, which is prone to lead to the cancellation of additional trains relied upon by beleaguered commuters.
Months of negotiations between the authorities and unions representing employees in public-facing professions have did not yield an answer to ongoing disputes over pay and dealing situations in quite a few sectors, leaving the NHS with little selection however to cancel routine appointments and coverings and travellers stranded on platforms.
The newest rail strikes in late Could and early June made life tough for dad and mom in half-term week and for these attending particular summer season occasions corresponding to the Eurovision Tune Contest in Liverpool, the FA Cup Last in London and the Epsom Derby, as trainline staff and station employees sought to exhibit the significance of the providers they supply.
And people had been solely the newest situations of business motion bringing the UK to a halt after a protracted winter by which hundreds of public sector employees took to the picket line.
From nurses and academics to civil servants, postal employees and driving instructors, working folks have demanded wage will increase in response to the sky-high fee of inflation and the ongoing value of dwelling disaster.
Whereas a few of these disputes have since been resolved, many extra threaten to rumble on amid little signal of progress.
Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, co-chairs of the BMA, have urged Rishi Sunak’s administration to come back ahead with a recent supply above the 5 per cent wage rise proposed thus far to forestall what guarantees to be “the longest single walkout by medical doctors in the NHS’s historical past”.
“Even now the authorities can avert our motion by coming to the desk with a reputable supply on pay restoration,” they stated.
However widespread floor seems prone to stay elusive after well being secretary Steve Barclay accused the BMA of “strolling away” from the desk.
RMT general-sectretary Mick Lynch has in the meantime advised The Unbiased that additional rail strikes are “pretty doubtless”this yr as long as its talks with authorities negotiators stay in a state of impasse.
Here’s a listing of all of the main walkouts which have been introduced thus far for July 2023.
All the nationwide strike dates for July
Monday 3 July
Aslef practice drivers’ union begins a six-day extra time ban for members.
Tuesday 4 July
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Wednesday 5 July
Academics in England belonging to the Nationwide Training Union (NEU) stage the first of two days of strike motion.
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Thursday 6 July
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Friday 7 July
Academics in England belonging to the NEU stage the second of two days of strike motion.
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Saturday 8 July
Last day of Aslef extra time ban.
Wednesday 12 July
NHS juniors medical doctors belonging to BMA in Scotland on strike.
Thursday 13 July
5-day strike by junior medical doctors belonging to the BMA in England begins at 7am.
Friday 14 July
Junior medical doctors’ strike continues.
NHS ambulance drivers belonging to Unite on strike in Yorkshire.
Saturday 15 July
Junior medical doctors’ strike continues.
Sunday 16 July
Junior medical doctors’ strike continues.
Monday 17 July
Junior medical doctors’ strike continues.
Aslef extra time ban resumes for one other six days.
Tuesday 18 July
Junior medical doctors’ strike concludes at 7am.
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Wednesday 19 July
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Thursday 20 July
Rail employees belonging to the RMT stage the first of three days of nationwide strike motion.
Senior medical doctors belonging to the BMA stage the first of two days of strike motion.
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Friday 21 July
Senior physician’s stage the second of two days of strike motion.
Aslef extra time ban in impact.
Saturday 22 July
RMT members stage the second of three days of nationwide rail strike motion.
Aslef extra time ban concludes.
Sunday 23 July
RMT commences six-day strike on the London Underground.
Monday 24 July
RMT Tube strike continues.
Tuesday 25 July
RMT Tube strike continues.
Wednesday 26 July
RMT Tube strike continues.
Aslef members additionally on strike on London Underground.
Thursday 27 July
RMT Tube strike continues.
Friday 28 July
Last day of RMT Tube strike.
Aslef members on strike on London Underground once more.
Saturday 29 July
RMT members stage the third of three days of nationwide rail strike motion.
