ASLEF's Planned Walk-Outs Bring Disruption for Train Passengers Across England
The strikes, orchestrated by the train drivers' union ASLEF, are set to unfold as a series of "rolling" walk-outs from late January to early February.
Rail drivers' strike action to coincide with Conservative party conference
The train drivers' union, Aslef announced members will walk out on Saturday 30 September and Wednesday 4 October, as an 18-month-long dispute continues to simmer.
UK postal workers call off strikes
Postal workers at the UK's Royal Mail on Tuesday accepted a new pay deal to end a costly series of strikes.
Émigrés in war: Russian women in tech reflect from afar
Russians are some of the tech industry's most successful players. Tech may make them globally mobile, but they still lament for their country.
Passport control staff strike at UK airports
Military personnel stood in for passport control staff at UK airports on Friday as Border Force officers walked out in an escalating wave of public sector strikes over pay.
Britain's Royal Mail warns of thousands of job cuts as it slides into red
Royal Mail could cut up to 10,000 jobs and warned of more layoffs if planned strikes go ahead, as the former British postal monopoly that is locked in a dispute with its largest union on Friday flagged even deeper losses this year, sending its shares as much as 17% lower.
Ukraine seeks to trace thousands of 'orphans' scattered by war
Ukraine says it dismissed nearly 100,000 children from institutional care. With help from U.N. child agency UNICEF, it is still trying to reach some 26,000 of them.
Redundancy: what to know about your rights when an employer lets you go
Employees at risk of redundancy are entitled to a fair redundancy process underpinned by the Employee Rights Act 1996, which includes the right to meaningful consultation.
Belgium mourns as death toll from Europe floods hits 200
Waters have subsided since Friday but workers and volunteers face a mammoth task to clear away the detritus and help local residents rebuild their shattered lives.
Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi broke secrets law, international pressure rises
Fears are also growing that a broader conflict could erupt in a country plagued for decades by on-and-off fighting between the military and rebel ethnic armies.
Johnson holds care home and hospital workers accountable for rising COVID-19 death toll
Majority of the care providers felt insulted given that they have gone beyond what was expected of them.
Why Soviet communist countries had a love-hate relationship with money
100 years since the first communist government was formed, a new exhibition at the British Museum looks at Communism's unusual relationship with money.
Royal Mail workers back strike action in dispute over pensions and pay
Communications Workers Union says 89% of its members working at Royal Mail voted in favour of industrial action.
Mass anti-Trump protests planned in UK: 'It doesn't matter if he only gives 24-hour notice'
"We are on standby to mobilise in massive numbers nationwide," Stop Trump Coalition tells IBTimes UK.
Theresa May heckled by Labour supporting butchers at final election campaign day stop
Prime minister made a "right pig's ear of it", Communication Workers' Union chief Dave Ward said.
CWU pulls backing of Jeremy Corbyn critic Jess Phillips in key Birmingham battleground seat
Exclusive: Union accuses Phillips of making comments that 'contradict' the 'positive message' of the CWU.
Royal Mail on track to save £600m but warns of challenging conditions in the UK
Postal operator hikes total dividend 4% as full year revenue edges 1% higher.
Union threatens strike as Royal Mail closes defined benefit pension scheme
CWU urges postal operator to reconsider decision that could see workers lose third of future pensions.
Tom Watson confronts Momentum chief Jon Lansman over plot to 'destroy' Labour
Labour deputy leader says he will attempt to stop the pressure group joining with super-union Unite.
Tony Blair: Volley of Brexit abuse will not silence my pro-EU movement
Former UK prime minister urged pro-EU voters across Britian to 'rise up' in central London speech.
Open Britain: Tony Blair speech in full as he urges pro-Europeans to 'rise up'
Blair criticised the Government's push for "Brexit at any cost" and called on progressives to unite.
Italian Davide Grasso, who battled Isis in Syria, barred from university talk due to 'security risk'
A group of students had invited Grasso, who fought with the YPG in northern Syria, to speak at the university.
Post Office 'to close 37 branches and axe more than 400 jobs'
Union says Post Office extending its plan of closes branches and transferring sites.
British Airways and Unite in last-ditch peace talks to avert cabin crew strike
Walkout over pay is just one of many actions for the Christmas period across the UK.
Thousands of Post Office workers join Christmas strike wave
Post Office workers join rail and airline workers in the spate of strikes lined up around the festive period.
Argos latest company to face crippling strikes during run-up to Christmas
Retailer joins Post Office and Southern Rail in being hit by festive season industrial action.
Post Office workers to stage five days of strikes in week leading up to Christmas
Communication Workers Union says staff will down tools from Monday 19 December.
Rent controls 'will do nothing' to solve the housing crisis says IEA
IEA calls for relaxation of planning rules to raise housing supply and reduce rents.
Unison chief warns of Labour being 'new nasty party' as union backs Corbyn for leadership
Dave Prentis's comments come after Unite, Aslef, TSSA and Communications Workers support Corbyn.
Royal Mail's gold-standard pension scheme could be closed after March 2018
The move will effectively reduce the pension of more than 90,000 of its employees.