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Women working while they study 'harassed and underpaid'

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Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

University staff go on strike today with more on the way as pay and pension dispute rages on (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

University staff go on strike over pay and pension dispute

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Rail workers will stage a series of fresh strikes in March and April (Photo: Getty Images)

Strike action taking place in March 2023 in the UK - including NEU

Representatives of National Education Union (NEU), Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the public-service union Unison join a rally by the University and College Union (UCU).

UK mass strike will see half a million workers walk out today

Train drivers from ASLEF will join the rally on Wednesday. Pictured are members of the union on strike in Glasgow in early January

Trade unions hold rally in Wigan to mark strikes with 'festival of resistance'

Who is striking in February 2023? Full list of all industrial action

North West Ambulance Service urged the public to call 999 only in life-threatening situations as strike action loomed

Ambulance service pleas for 999 calls only in 'life-threatening emergencies'

Organiser and host of one of the rally events Taj Ali

Enough is Enough Rally: what is happening on October 1

Trade unionists protest in Wigan town centre. Picture by Sue Vickers

Trade unions stage Wigan town centre rally in opposition to Government policies

The rally will coincide with three days of industrial action by railway workers

Trade unions to oppose Government during rally in Wigan town centre

Council employees could be working from home more often. Photo by Adobe Stock

Wigan Council staff could keep working from home

Furloughed staff say a restaurant chain asked for 10% of their wages - and threatened redundancy if they didn’t agree (Photo: Shutterstock)

Furloughed staff say a restaurant chain asked for 10% of their wages - and threa...

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TUC general secretary Frances OGrady poses in front of a digital poster ahead of a rally in Westminster last year to protest against the Trade Union Bill. A correspondent warns the bill which has now been given royal approval will be harmful for workers

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