Past Strikes in United Kingdom
← Current & upcoming strikesStrikes in United Kingdom that have already ended. 182 strikes, newest first. Page 1 of 4 · May 2026 – August 2026.
Fri 28 Aug 2026
Norwich Airport: air traffic control strike to close the airport on 28 August 2026
✈️ Ended Fri 28 Aug 2026TransPennine Express: outsourced rail workers strike on 2026-08-28
🚂 Suspended 1 – 16 Aug 2026East Midlands: East Midlands Railway strike and overtime ban from 1 August 2026
🚂 Ended 7 – 8 Aug 2026Merseyside: Merseyrail cleaners strike on 2026-08-07
🚂 Ended 31 Jul – 1 Aug 2026Northern England and Scotland: TransPennine Express outsourced cleaners and catering strike on 31 July 2026
🚂 Ended 6 Jul – 1 Aug 2026Aberdeen: ICTS airport security strike on 6 July 2026 for 14 days
✈️ Called off 22 May – 31 Jul 2026University of Nottingham staff to strike on 22 May over more than 600 proposed job cuts
🏫 Called off 25 – 30 Jul 2026England: BMA resident doctors strike on 25–30 July 2026
🏥 Called off 11 Apr – 17 Jul 2026Cwm Taf Morgannwg health visitors extend strike beyond 17 July 2026
Ended Wed 15 Jul 2026London (Enfield): ISS facilities staff at Chase Farm Hospital strike on 15 July 2026
🏥 Ended 15 Jun – 10 Jul 2026Blackburn & Burnley: Hospital biomedical scientists strike on 15–19, 22–26 June, 29 June–3 July and 6–10 July 2026
🏥 Ended 30 Jun – 1 Jul 2026Wrexham: Darland High School teachers' strike on 30 June and 1 July 2026
🏫 Ended 25 – 30 Jun 2026Northern Ireland: BMA secondary care doctors strike on 25–26 and 29–30 June 2026
🏥 Ended 25 – 26 Jun 2026Great Britain: Heavy Haul Rail freight strike on 25–26 June 2026 (48 hours)
Ended 2 – 25 Jun 2026Rochdale: St Cuthbert’s R.C. High School teachers’ strike on 2–25 June 2026 (Tues–Thurs)
🏫 Ended 17 – 24 Jun 2026England (Bristol, Southwark, Newham, Stoke-on-Trent, Leeds, Babergh & Mid Suffolk): Council craftworkers strike on 17, 18, 23 and 24 June 2026
Ended 15 – 21 Jun 2026Sellafield, Cumbria: nuclear construction workers strike on 15–21 June 2026
Called off 16 – 19 Jun 2026St Asaph (Denbighshire): Qioptiq Teledyne defence optics workers strike on 16–19 June 2026
Ended 1 – 19 Jun 2026Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University staff strike on 1–5, 8–12 and 15–19 June 2026
🏫 Ended 15 – 18 Jun 2026London (Chelsea & Sutton): Institute of Cancer Research staff strike on 15–18 June 2026
Ended 15 – 18 Jun 2026England: BMA resident doctors’ strike on 15–18 June 2026
🏥 Called off 17 – 18 Jun 2026Edinburgh: Heriot-Watt University staff strike on 17–18 June 2026
🏫 Ended 4 – 17 Jun 2026Belfast: Sodexo facilities staff strike on 4–17 June 2026
Ended 16 Apr – 15 Jun 2026Encirc Elton glass workers add further strikes 3–15 May and 1–15 June
Called off 11 – 14 Jun 2026London (East): East London Bus & Coach Company bus drivers strike on 11–14 June 2026
🚌 Ended 8 – 12 Jun 2026Glasgow & West Scotland: GXO Logistics support staff at BAE Clyde shipyards strike on 8–9 and 11–12 June 2026
Ended 4 – 12 Jun 2026North Sea (UKCS): Bilfinger offshore workers strike at Ithaca Energy’s Alba FSU and FPF-1 on 4–7 and 9–12 June 2026
Ended 9 – 10 Jun 2026United Kingdom: Royal Fleet Auxiliary officers 24-hour strike on 9 June 2026
Ended Mon 8 Jun 2026London (New Cross): Goldsmiths University staff indefinite strike from 8 June 2026
🏫 Ended 3 – 5 Jun 2026Brighton: Royal Pavilion & Museums staff strike on 3–5 June 2026
Ended 18 May – 5 Jun 2026London (Waltham Forest): Henry Maynard Primary School teachers strike on 18–22 May, 26–29 May and 1–5 June 2026
🏫 Ended 24 Mar – 4 Jun 2026London Underground (RMT) driver strikes: May walkouts suspended, new dates set for 2 and 4 June 2026
🚇 Ended 30 – 31 May 2026Nottinghamshire: Medirest hospital support staff strike on 30–31 May 2026
🏥 Ended 8 – 29 May 2026North Sea Bilfinger workers on Ithaca Energy’s Alba FSU and FPF1 to strike on 15, 22 and 29 May over retention bonus dispute
Ended 27 Apr – 29 May 2026Luton Arriva bus engineers to strike 27 April–1 May, 11–15 and 25–29 May 2026
🚌 Ended 4 – 29 May 2026Edinburgh Napier University lecturers to strike on 4–7, 11–14, 19–22 and 26–29 May over job cuts
🏫 Ended 24 – 25 May 2026Asda Brighton Hollingbury supermarket staff to strike on 24–25 May over workplace issues
Ended 22 – 23 May 2026West Midlands: West Midlands Railway/London Northwestern Railway rail strike on 22–23 May 2026
🚂 Ended 20 – 22 May 2026Bath and North East Somerset children’s social care managers to strike on 20–22 May over pay and grading
Ended 14 – 22 May 2026Crane Building Services and Utilities workers in Hitchin on strike 11–22 May over pay
Ended 20 – 21 May 2026London (Charlton): Net-A-Porter warehouse strike on 20–21 May 2026
Ended 5 – 18 May 2026University of Leicester staff to strike on 5, 11 and 18 May over job cuts
🏫 Ended Mon 18 May 2026London: BBC Newshour and The World Tonight production staff strike on 18 May 2026
Ended 17 Apr – 15 May 2026East London (Bow) Stagecoach bus drivers announce new Friday strikes in April and May
🚌 Ended 7 – 14 May 2026University of Sheffield staff to strike on 7–8 and 11–14 May over job cuts
🏫 Ended 8 – 13 May 2026Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers to strike on 8 and 13 May; officers to begin work-to-rule from 10 May over pay and minimum wage concerns
Ended 24 Apr – 11 May 2026Greater Manchester Mental Health driver porters to strike late April through 11 May over re-banding dispute
🏥 Called off 24 Apr – 8 May 2026City of Glasgow College welding lecturers to strike on 24 and 27–30 April, 5–8 May over health and safety
🏫 Ended 30 Apr – 8 May 2026Solent University staff to strike on 30 April and 5–8 May over pension changes
🏫 Ended Fri 8 May 2026STV journalists and Bectu technical staff to strike on 8 May over 0% pay offer
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