Train drivers have voted to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running pay dispute. Unions involved in industrial disputes have to hold a fresh ballot every six months to ask their members if they want to continue taking action. Train drivers’ union Aslef said on Wednesday that it had balloted…

Planned train strikes will affect hundreds of thousands of spectators travelling to events on Saturday such as the FA Cup final and the Epsom Derby. Train drivers’ union Aslef is on strike on Wednesday at 13 train companies, meaning several operators such as Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Northern, and Thameslink are running no trains. A…

Britain’s biggest rail workers’ union said its members have voted to renew its mandate to continue staging strikes for the next six months. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), whose executive committee has rejected the latest offer aimed at resolving a long-running pay dispute, said on Thursday there was overwhelming backing for further strike…

Unions have agreed to postpone the planned strikes by nurses and ambulance workers in Wales next week after the Welsh government made a new pay offer. The GMB union announced on Friday that it will suspend its strike action in Wales planned for Monday, while the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) cancelled its walkout scheduled…

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned that the country is facing a “challenging period” with a wave of industrial action over the coming weeks. Sunak made the comments during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, as train services across the UK were severely disrupted by the first of a wave of 48-hour strikes in the…

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President Biden signs a bill to avoid a nationwide rail strike. It means train commuters and products will stay on track next week. New jobs report released today; 263,000 jobs added, beating expectations. Does a strong labor market mean upwards inflationary pressure? We have analysis. Electric carmaker Tesla unveils its new heavy-duty semi trucks. Elon…

President Joe Biden signs a bill to avoid a nationwide rail strike. It means train commuters and products will stay on track next week. The new jobs report was released; 263,000 jobs were added, beating expectations. Does a strong labor market mean upwards inflationary pressure? We have analysis. Electric carmaker Tesla unveils its new heavy-duty…

President Joe Biden on Dec. 2 signed legislation that forces rail unions to adopt an agreement, averting a strike by rail workers. “I know this was a tough vote for members of both parties, it was tough for me,” Biden said before signing the bill. But, he added, he believed it was the right thing to…

The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have approved a bill to avoid a rail strike. See how each member voted below. Senate (80–15) Senators who voted for the bill: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)…