December in Britain: A month of strikes

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain faces disruption from widespread industrial action this month as many workers struggling with a cost of living crisis seek pay rises that better reflect double-digit levels of inflation.

Strikes are due to take place on almost every day for the rest of the month, across a range of sectors:

Dec. 15

– Nurses

– Postal workers

Dec. 16

– More than 40,000 railway workers from the RMT union

– TSSA union rail workers at Avanti West Coast

– Ground handlers employed by Menzies at Heathrow Airport

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

– London bus workers employed by Abellio

Dec. 17

– More than 40,000 railway workers from the RMT union, as well as thousands of rail workers from the TSSA union

– Ground handlers employed by Menzies at Heathrow Airport

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

– London bus workers employed by Abellio

Dec. 18

– Ground handlers employed by Menzies at Heathrow Airport

Dec. 20

– Nurses

Dec. 21

– Ambulance workers

Dec. 22

– Security staff at international rail service Eurostar

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

Dec. 23

– Postal workers

– Security staff at international rail service Eurostar

– Border Force workers at major airports

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

Dec. 24

– More than 40,000 railway workers from the RMT union

– Postal workers

– Border Force workers at major airports

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

Dec. 25

– More than 40,000 railway workers from the RMT union

– Border Force workers at major airports

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

Dec. 26

– More than 40,000 railway workers from the RMT union

– Border Force workers at major airports

Dec. 27

– More than 40,000 railway workers from the RMT union

Dec. 28

– Ambulance workers

– Border Force workers at major airports

– TSSA union rail workers at Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains

Dec. 29

– Border Force workers at major airports

– Ground handlers employed by Menzies at Heathrow Airport

– TSSA union rail workers at Great Western Railway and West Midlands Trains

Dec. 30

– Border Force workers at major airports

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

– Ground handlers employed by Menzies at Heathrow Airport

Dec. 31

– Border Force workers at major airports

– National Highways traffic officers in parts of England

– Ground handlers employed by Menzies at Heathrow Airport

(Compiled by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Alex Richardson)