UK Workers Strike Across Sectors in Wave of Industrial Action

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• Workers from a variety of sectors taking part in strikes and walkouts
• Train drivers, staff at universities, civil servants and DVSA staff have taken part in strike action
• Nurses, ambulance workers and NHS staff have also taken part in strike action
• Junior doctors, hospital dental trainees and London Underground drivers have also taken part in strike action
• Thousands of public sector workers have taken strike action

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The UK is currently facing a wave of industrial action

Workers from a variety of sectors taking part in strikes and walkouts.

The National Education Union (NEU) has seen members strike over pay in England and Wales, while Scottish schools face continued action.

Train drivers belonging to the Aslef and RMT rail unions have also taken part in strikes.

Staff across 150 universities have taken part in the first confirmed day of strike action, with 18 days of strikes planned in February and March.

More than 100,000 civil servants who are represented by the PCS union have also taken part in strike action.

DVSA staff and teachers in Scotland

DVSA staff who are members of the PCS, including driving examiners and vehicle testers, have resumed their walkout across the country.

Teachers in Scotland represented by the EIS have continued their industrial action in some parts of the country.

Nurses, ambulance workers and NHS staff

Nurses represented by the Royal College of Nursing have begun a third round of strike action in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Ambulance workers have staged a strike coordinated by the GMB, Unison and Unite in trusts across England and the national Welsh service.

NHS physiotherapy staff across England have also continued strike action.

Ambulance workers who are Unison members in London, Yorkshire, the south-west, north-east and north-west have gone on strike.

British Museum and DVLA staff

Staff at the British Museum who are members of the PCS union, including employees of the museum’s visitor services and security teams, have begun seven days of industrial action.

Workers at the DVLA in Swansea have staged a five-day strike.

Continued strike action

Teachers represented by the NEU have taken strike action in Wales, while staff at the British Museum who are PCS members have continued strike action.

Workers at the DVLA in Swansea have continued industrial action, as have ambulance workers in Northern Ireland represented by Unite.

Ambulance workers who are Unite members in the North East, East Midlands and Wales ambulance services have gone on strike.

Staff at the British Museum who are PCS members have continued strike action, as have workers at the DVLA in Swansea.

Teachers represented by the NEU have continued strike action in London, the south-east and south-west.

Ambulance workers in Northern Ireland represented by Unite have continued strike action, as have NHS staff including nurses, paramedics and blood collection workers who are Unison members.

Junior doctors, hospital dental trainees and London Underground drivers

Junior doctors in England represented by the British Medical Association (BMA) have staged a 72-hour strike, while hospital dental trainees in England represented by the British Dental Association (BDA) have begun a 72-hour strike at a number of trusts.

Junior doctor members of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) in England have also begun a 72-hour strike.

London Underground drivers represented by the Aslef union have struck over pensions and working arrangements.

Thousands of public sector workers

Thousands of public sector workers represented by Prospect union have taken strike action, while junior doctors in England represented by the BMA have continued strike action.

Hospital dental trainees in England represented by the BDA have continued to strike at a number of trusts across England.

HCSA junior doctor members in England have continued to strike, as have RMT union members from 14 train operators after rejecting pay offers from train operators and Network Rail.

Ambulance workers in the West Midlands, East Midlands, North East, North West and Wales ambulance services have begun a third round of strike action.

Junior doctors in England represented by the BMA have continued strike action, as have RMT union members from 14 train operators.

Hospital dental trainees represented by the BDA have continued to strike at a number of trusts across England, while HCSA junior doctor members in England have continued to strike.

RMT union members from 14 train operators have continued strike action, as have ambulance workers who are Unite members in the Northern Ireland ambulance service.

Teachers represented by the NEU have taken strike action in the northern, north-west, Yorkshire and the Humber regions, while RMT union members from 14 train operators have continued strike action.

Junior doctors in England represented by the BMA have continued strike action, as have hospital dental trainees in England represented by the BDA.

HCSA junior doctor members in England have continued to strike, as have RMT union members from 14 train operators.

Ambulance workers in the West Midlands, East Midlands, North East, North West and Wales ambulance services have continued strike action.

Junior doctors in England represented by the BMA have continued strike action, as have RMT union members from 14 train operators.

Hospital dental trainees represented by the BDA have continued to strike at a number of trusts across England, while HCSA junior doctor members in England have continued to strike.

RMT union members from 14 train operators have continued strike action, as have ambulance workers who are Unite members in the Northern Ireland ambulance service.