Past Strikes in United Kingdom
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5 – 18 May 2026
University 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
🏥 Canceled 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
Ended 6 – 7 May 2026University of Gloucestershire support staff strike 5–7 May over below‑inflation 1.4% pay offer
🏫 Ended 3 – 6 May 2026Stansted Airport ABM passenger-assistance staff to strike 3–6 May over pay
✈️ Ended Wed 6 May 2026First South Yorkshire bus drivers in Doncaster confirm further April strike days
🚌 Suspended Wed 6 May 2026Windsor Forest Colleges Group staff to strike on 6 May 2026 over pay
🏫 Ended Tue 5 May 2026Dewar’s Glasgow bottling plant workers to strike on 5 May over holiday changes
Ended 30 Apr – 2 May 2026BMA staff to strike on 30 April and 2 May over pay dispute
Ended Fri 1 May 2026Merton school support staff to strike on 1 May over London weighting pay dispute
🏫 Ended 13 Apr – 1 May 2026University of Aberdeen staff announce further April strike dates over job cuts
🏫 Ended 30 Apr – 1 May 2026University of Cambridge support staff to strike on 30 April and 1 May over ‘Cambridge weighting’ pay demand
🏫 Ended 28 – 30 Apr 2026Haydon Bridge High School teachers to strike on 28–30 April over behaviour management failings
🏫 Canceled 15 – 29 Apr 2026London Metropolitan University staff to strike on eight dates in April 2026 over job cuts
🏫 Ended 23 – 25 Apr 2026Transport for London bus station and network traffic controllers to strike 23–25 April over roster changes
🚌 Ended Fri 24 Apr 2026University of Glasgow staff to strike on 24 April in UNISON/Unite pay dispute
🏫 Ended Fri 24 Apr 2026Cadent Gas workers in Stockport to strike over weekend rotas
Ended 20 – 24 Apr 2026Northumbria University staff to strike 20–24 April 2026 over Teachers’ Pension Scheme dispute
🏫 Ended 26 Feb – 23 Apr 2026London Overground Windrush line signallers and telecom staff to strike on three dates
🚂 Ended 21 – 22 Apr 2026University of Gloucestershire support staff to strike again on 21–22 April over 1.4% pay offer
🏫 Ended 17 – 20 Apr 2026London Stansted ABM passenger-assistance staff to strike 17–20 April over pay
✈️ Canceled 13 – 16 Apr 2026Edinburgh Napier University lecturers to strike on eight April dates over redundancies
Ended Thu 16 Apr 2026Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers to strike on 16 April over pay
Ended 14 – 16 Apr 2026University of Bristol support staff begin three-day strike over pay
🏫 Ended 7 – 13 Apr 2026Resident doctors in England to strike for six days, 7–13 April 2026
🏥 Ended Fri 10 Apr 2026Unite members at Glasgow, Strathclyde and Edinburgh Napier universities to strike on April 10 over pay
🏫 Ended 6 – 7 Apr 2026BMA staff to strike on 6–7 April over pay
Ended 30 Mar – 1 Apr 2026Heriot-Watt University staff to strike on March 30–31 and April 1 over job cuts
Ended 16 – 27 Mar 2026Northumbria University staff to strike over pensions on 16–17 and 25–27 March
Ended 12 – 26 Mar 2026Atomic Weapons Establishment staff to strike on 12 and 26 March
Ended 20 – 22 Mar 2026East London Stagecoach Bow bus drivers to strike for four days in March
🚌 Ended 6 – 19 Mar 2026University of Essex staff to strike for nine days in March over campus closure and job cuts
Ended 17 – 18 Mar 2026Windsor Forest Colleges Group staff to strike on 17–18 March over pay
Ended 12 – 18 Mar 2026University of Aberdeen lecturers to strike over job cuts on 12, 13, 17 and 18 March
Ended Sun 8 Mar 2026Birmingham refuse workers’ all-out strike continues; mandate extended into September 2026
Ended 5 – 6 Mar 2026Royal Fleet Auxiliary seafarers to strike for two days over pay and minimum wage compliance
Ended 19 Feb – 6 Mar 2026Northumbria University lecturers launch 10 strike days over pension changes
Ended 12 Feb – 5 Mar 2026Edinburgh Napier University lecturers strike over job cuts and compulsory redundancies
Ended 5 – 27 Feb 2026Leeds council passenger transport (SEND) workers resume rolling strikes over safety
🏫 Ended Thu 26 Feb 2026Birmingham refuse workers extend all‑out strike mandate into September 2026
Ended 16 – 26 Feb 2026University of Sheffield International College staff to strike on five February dates over pay and conditions
Ended 10 – 24 Feb 2026Wolffkran UK tower crane operators to stage fortnightly 24-hour strikes over pay
Ended 12 – 24 Feb 2026Imperial College London staff announce three February strike days in local pay dispute
Ended Mon 23 Feb 2026Birmingham refuse workers extend indefinite strike until September 2026
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