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Heathrow Airport security officers are set to strike for 31 days in the latest wave of industrial action. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Heathrow Airport security officers to strike for 31 days this summer Rahmah Ghazali

Workers at the Coca Cola plant in Wakefield are set to go on strike for 14 days in June.  (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Coca Cola plant workers announce 14-day strike Rahmah Ghazali

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England Dennis Morton

Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer Beth Franklin

Security officers at Heathrow airport are set to walk out for a further eight days over a pay dispute in May, Unite has announced.   Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Security officers at Heathrow airport to walk out for further 8 days Rahmah Ghazali

A sign indicating the start of the security queue during a strike by security workers at London Heathrow Airport in London, UK, on Friday, March 31, 2023. IAG SAs British Airways is set to scrap 320 flights during the Easter week as security workers strike for 10-days over pay. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

8 tips to get through security quicker despite airport strikes Rahmah Ghazali

British Airways will cancel around 32 flights per day to and from Heathrow over the Easter weekend  (Photo: Getty Images)

Heathrow security staff start 10-day strike affecting Easter travels Dennis Morton

North Ronaldsay Lighthouse in the Orkney Islands is one of the 208 lighthouses operated by NLB.

Lighthouse workers vote for strike action in historic first Dennis Morton

Passengers travelling from Heathrow Terminal 5 over Easter have been told to expect delays (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

British Airways cancel dozens of Easter flights amid strike action Amber Peake

Heathrow workers are to strike over Easter. Credit: Getty Images

Heathrow Airport Easter strike: Staff will walk out for 10 days Patrick Hollis

Staff from North West Ambulance Service on a picket line outside Wigan Community Fire and Ambulance Station in January

North West Ambulance Service bosses prepare for more strike action by staff Gaynor Clarke

The Christie hospital, Manchester

Staff at hospital that treats Wigan cancer patients to go on strike Charles Graham

Drax Group Plc’s power station where workes have voted to go on strike.

UK homes ‘face power cuts’ due to strike action at major station Sophie Wills

Ambulance strike dates 2023: Unite announce new strikes taking total to ten across England and Wales

Ambulance strike dates as Unite announce fresh action Will Millar

Solidarity picket line with striking workers at Arrow XL on Martland Mill Lane in Wigan.

Arrow XL workers enter week 10 of strike action Sian Jones

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' Sean Gleaves

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations Dennis Morton

Members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) and supporters brave freezing temperatures on the picket line outside Royal Mail's office on Hallgate, Wigan

Picket lines across Wigan as workers take strike action in disputes Gaynor Clarke

The ballot for ambulance workers opens today

'Overworked and underpaid' ambulance staff to ballot on strike action Gaynor Clarke

ArrowXL is facing strike action

Delivery giant ArrowXL faces strike action Sian Jones

Arriva North West has made an improved pay offer to staff

Wigan bus services to resume tomorrow as drivers are offered pay rise Gaynor Clarke

Arriva drivers are not yet returning to work

Wigan buses are still off the road as Arriva drivers continue strike action Gaynor Clarke

Arriva workers will go on strike tomorrow

Disruption for bus Wigan passengers as hundreds of workers go on strike Gaynor Clarke

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

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

The company will be closing a number of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Lloyds Banking Group to close 60 branches as customers continue to bank online Rhona Shennan

The Kitt Green Heinz factory

Union blast for Wigan Heinz mega-deal U-turn Charles Graham

Heinz was looking to bring sauce production to Wigan, including that of its iconic ketchup

Collapse of Heinz's Wigan mega-plan. Who's to blame? Charles Graham

The giant Kraft Heinz factory at Kitt Green employs hundreds

Heinz factory's £140m sauce deal scrapped Charles Graham

Protestors on the picket line

Wigan union members join picket line protest for better pay deal Gaynor Clarke

This is what you need to know about the scheme from the Post Office (Photo: Shutterstock)

All 114 Post Office branches affected by strikes in July over pay row Hiyah Zaidi

The Kit Green Heinz plant is one of the world's biggest food factories

Fears for Wigan's £140m Heinz ketchup deal Charles Graham

Unite the union has accused Tesco of offering a “derisory” pay increase to its members (image: PA)

Tesco staff strikes could lead to empty shelves this Christmas, union warns Henry Sandercock

It was feared that industrial action could have led to a bottle shortage for big name companies such as Britvic and Coca Cola

Wigan bottle factory strike axed after pay offer is trebled Charles Graham

Lloyds and Halifax to close 48 branches - full list of impacted stores Helen Johnson

Strike action has been postponed

Strikes at Wigan plastic manufacturer postponed Amos Wynn

The huge Heinz-Wincanton distribution centre

Wigan Heinz truckers scoop huge pay rise after landmark deal Charles Graham

The strike could impact major brands

Strike at Wigan plastic bottle manufacturer to impact brands such as Coca Cola Amos Wynn

Stagecoach drivers could go on strike

Warning of 'huge disruption' for travellers as bus drivers vote on strike action Gaynor Clarke

Unite members at Alpla are balloting over strike action

Pay dispute at Wigan plastic bottle manufacturer could impact major brands such ... Amos Wynn

There is opposition to plans to remove the uplift to universal credit

Wigan town centre protest over universal credit is postponed Gaynor Clarke

The UK is set to face a beer and crisp shortage due to a lack of delivery drivers and strike action (Shutterstock)

Why Britain could be set for a beer and crisps shortage Iain Leggat

Travel industry leaders said the limited opening up of foreign travel is still not sufficient enough (Photo: Getty Images)

Green list update ‘not enough’ to save summer - despite addition of 14 new count... Claire Schofield

Halifax at Makinson Arcade will remain open

Wigan Lloyds and Halifax branches escape the axe amid closures Ben Butler

Members of the Shrewsbury 24 and lawyers outside the Court of Appeal in London

Wigan trade unionists celebrate as Shrewsbury 24 verdicts are overturned Andrew Nowell

Intensive care nurse and Unite union rep Ameera Sheikh outside Downing Street

Union warns of NHS staff 'exodus' and waiting list crisis amid pay rise row PA

In the wake of their heroic efforts nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise (Getty Images)

Nurses are being offered a 1% pay rise - here's how much they are currently paid Finlay Greig

Hundreds of job losses feared at Manchester Airport Group under cost-cutting pla... Iain Lynn

Hundreds of jobs will be axed

Uncertainty for Wigan banks as firm announces it will close 164 branches Gaynor Clarke

EasyJet has grounded its entire fleet of aircraft.

Easyjet grounds entire aircraft fleet for two months Neil Lancefield

Wigan Council mechanics call off strike ballot Charles Graham

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