Strike action by hospital consultants this Bank Holiday weekend will “severely impact” Cheshire NHS Trusts, bosses have warned.
Hospital consultants will be taking a second round of strike action for 48 hours from 7am on Thursday (August 24) until 07am on Saturday (August 26).
Striking members of the NEU are planning to stage a picket line outside Malbank School in Nantwich and a demonstration in Crewe this Wednesday (February 1).
Hundreds of teachers will be involved in the strike action across Cheshire, which will have major impact on schools across the borough.
Both secondary schools in Nantwich will be affected by the February 1 strike action which involves members of the National Education Union (NEU).
Brine Leas School and Malbank School and Sixth Form College are to close on Wednesday for some year groups due to staff shortages caused by industrial action.
Up to 2,800 teachers and school staff from 300 schools will be striking in Cheshire as part of the National Education Union’s industrial action announced today.
Teacher members of the NEU in England and Wales have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay.
A South Cheshire nurse has penned this powerful poem as thousands are set for more strike action to highlight the growing crisis in the NHS.
Jenny Howarth has worked as a nurse in the region for several years.
More than 1,500 ambulance workers have voted to strike across Cheshire and the North West.
Paramedics, emergency care assistants, call handlers and other staff are now set to walk out in the region.
Employees of North West Ambulance Service are set to vote on taking industrial action over pay and working conditions.
The vote has been actioned by the GMB Union who announced it has launched a formal industrial action ballot.
Arriva bus drivers in Cheshire have suspended their strike action after a new and improved pay offer from Arriva North West.
The company has now met drivers’ demands by tabling a new deal of £15 per hour or an 11.1% pay increase.
Bus users in South Cheshire are facing further disruption as unions rejected an increased pay offer from Arriva North West.
Negotiations between the transport company and union bosses have stalled after they rejected an improved 8.9% pay offer.
A strike by Arriva employees is expected to severely disrupt bus services in Cheshire East and the wider North West region from tomorrow (July 20).
Arriva bus drivers and support staff who are members of GMB and Unite unions will begin strike action from 2am on July 20.
By Claire Faulkner
I’d forgotten how the 1990s felt.
That soon changed when I went to watch Wasteland at The Lyceum on Tuesday night.
I could feel the music beating in my chest.
Workers at Bentley Motors in Crewe have backed industrial action over plans to close their defined pension scheme, union bosses have said.
Unite union members at the luxury car maker’s South Cheshire headquarters took part in a consultative ballot with a 98% result in favour of strike action.
Crewe and Nantwich rail users could be hit by further transport problems as Virgin Trains West Coast staff announce strike action in December and January.
The action comes after RMT Union members voted by 9 to 1 in favour of striking in a dispute over pay.
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