Strikes 2023: Who is striking and when?

Trade unions across many different sectors have organised industrial action in the coming days and weeks. Junior doctors, university staff, teachers and many more professions have already taken part in strikes in 2023 with more yet to come.

Many unions have organised walk outs to help secure better pay and conditions for workers. Nurses, university staff and ambulance workers are just some of the workers to have protested in the past month.

Ahead of the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget on March 15, several sectors  were on strike the previous month. Around 133,000 civil servants were among strikers on the same day as the chancellor’s announcement.

With so many people taking part in strikes at the moment, it can be difficult to keep track of who is still striking and who has either paused or reached a deal.

Here is a list of industries  planning to take industrial action, when they will strike and their demands. Some unions have paused strike action while they are in talks with the government.

Workers striking in 2023

Unions and staff must observe certain rules while strike action is taking place. This includes giving enough notice around strike action. Below is a breakdown of everyone who has announced strike action taking place in the coming weeks,

Passport office staff

Next strike: Over 1,000 passport office staff will strike for five weeks from April 3 to May 5. The strikes will take place across England, Scotland and Wales. In Belfast, strike action will start from April 7 to May 5.

The union is asking for a higher annual pay rise than the 2% the government has offered.

Nurses

Next strike: Strikes are paused. The union is in talks with the Government and March strikes were called off as a result.

Three unions are recommending staff accept the government’s offer. This is a 5% pay increase from April and a minimum one-off payment of £1,655. However, Unite does not recommend the offer and is putting it to a vote.