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Alan Featherstone's family with the glass memorial and the plaque in his honour

Plaque unveiled to honour trade unionist

Workers on the picket line at Alpla UK

Factory staff go on strike

Alpla's Golborne site

Manufacturing firm staff to strike

Demonstrators outside the former Galleries in Wigan town centre

Town centre protests over soaring bills

Energy bills for a typical household will rise by more than £100 a year in April under regulator Ofgem's new cap

Trade union takes day of action over energy bills to Wigan town centre

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

GM Mayor Andy Burnham

Mayor reassures passengers about upcoming industrial action

Some of the Bee Network's supporting facilities could be affected by industrial action

Buses will keep running when staff go on strike

The winter fuel payment cut is hitting millions of pensioners

Union threatens legal action over Labour's Winter Fuel Payment cuts

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy speaking about changes to the winter fuel allowance

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy speaks out on winter fuel allowance cut

My smart looking card machine, not so smart when the system goes down.

Tony Porter Ponders: Sir Keir Starmer PM needs clothing hand outs?

Wigan Town Hall

Unite warns of winter of industrial action by council workers

Commuters wait at a bus stop outside a branch of Barclays in London.

Barclays bank to axe 450 jobs across the business

Wigan Town Hall

Wigan Council workers to strike in dispute over pay

Stagecoach buses to Cudworth were suspended after windows were smashed. File picture shows a stagecoach bus, Picture: Brian Eyre, National World

Wigan bus services to continue as Stagecoach Manchester drivers walk out

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

Breaking Gatwick Airport to be hit by strikes for eight days of summer holidays
Unite union has warned that disruption, delays and cancellations are 'inevitable' this summer
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File picture of Stagecoach bus

Wigan bus passengers will not be hit by possible strike by Stagecoach drivers

Unite the union said its members will no longer strike following an improved pay offer from the employers. (Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty images)

Unite calls off 31-day Heathrow Airport strike after last-minute offer

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

Breaking Heathrow Airport security officers to strike for 31 days this summer

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

Strike will continue until close to midnight today May 1.

Breaking Nurses strike continues: Major disruption for NHS services in England

Breaking Members of Unite have rejected the Government’s pay offer

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

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

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 SAsÂ British AirwaysÂ 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

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

Breaking Heathrow security staff start 10-day strike affecting Easter travels

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

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

Breaking British Airways cancel dozens of Easter flights amid strike action
British Airways to cut back on more than 300 flights this Easter amid strike action.
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Heathrow workers are to strike over Easter. Credit: Getty Images

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

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

The Christie hospital, Manchester

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

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

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

Ambulance strike dates as Unite announce fresh action

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

Arrow XL workers enter week 10 of strike 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'

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

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

The ballot for ambulance workers opens today

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

ArrowXL is facing strike action

Delivery giant ArrowXL faces strike action

Arriva North West has made an improved pay offer to staff

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

Arriva drivers are not yet returning to work

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

Arriva workers will go on strike tomorrow

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

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

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

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

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

The Kitt Green Heinz factory

Union blast for Wigan Heinz mega-deal U-turn

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?

The giant Kraft Heinz factory at Kitt Green employs hundreds

Heinz factory's £140m sauce deal scrapped

Protestors on the picket line

Wigan union members join picket line protest for better pay deal

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

Fears for Wigan's £140m Heinz ketchup deal

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

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

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

Strike action has been postponed

Strikes at Wigan plastic manufacturer postponed

The huge Heinz-Wincanton distribution centre

Wigan Heinz truckers scoop huge pay rise after landmark deal

The strike could impact major brands

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

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