Teachers have gone on strike over ‘intimidating’ schoolboys who fight on buses and ‘freely roam the corridors’ when they should be in isolation. Staff at Haydon Bridge High School in Northumberland moaned they had given ‘chance after chance’ but to no avail – as the ‘persistent disruption’ continues. Protesters are now set to stage aContinue reading “Students Fighting On Buses And Roaming Freely In Corridors Leads To Teacher Walkouts”
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Longest Walkout By Hospital Blood-Takers In NHS History
Specialist health workers who take patients’ blood have been striking for 236 straight days in what their union claims is the longest strike in NHS history. The 36 phlebotomists claim the clinical nature of the tasks they perform means they should be on a higher NHS pay scale, worth an extra £1.09 an hour. Bosses at GloucestershireContinue reading “Longest Walkout By Hospital Blood-Takers In NHS History”
Tube Strikes Begin Today With Limited Service Ahead Of TOTAL Shutdown At 6 pm
Britain’s largest city has been plunged into transport disarray as Tube employees begin their first full-scale strike since 2023. London Underground staff have begun striking this morning in an RMT-led dispute over pay and conditions, which will see the city’s major method of transport grind to a halt over the coming week. The union had demanded thatContinue reading “Tube Strikes Begin Today With Limited Service Ahead Of TOTAL Shutdown At 6 pm”
Doctor Called Off The Picket Line To Treat Sick Babies
A striking doctor has been called off the picket line to treat ‘very sick babies’ whose lives could be endangered by a five-day strike by NHS doctors. Nottingham City Hospital pleaded with the British Medical Association (BMA) for the doctor to be exempt from the walkouts so that they could work in the neonatal intensive careContinue reading “Doctor Called Off The Picket Line To Treat Sick Babies”
Junior Doctors’ Strike Threatens Streeting’s NHS Recovery
Wes Streeting has revealed his NHS recovery plan is ‘hanging by a thread’ as resident doctors gear up for fresh walkouts in a fortnight. The Health Secretary accused the British Medical Association (BMA) of being ‘completely unreasonable’ after it announced the five-day walkout, which could result in the cancellation of 200,000 appointments and operations. Resident doctors, formerly called junior doctors,Continue reading “Junior Doctors’ Strike Threatens Streeting’s NHS Recovery”
Labor-run Bin Strike Could Lead To Rat Plague In Birmingham
As the current rubbish situation worsens, experts have warned that warmer temperatures might be lethal for Birmingham citizens. The city has been plagued by ongoing bin strikes, which have caused streets to pile high with an estimated 170,000 tons of rubbish. Workers have been on strike for weeks after the Labour-run Birmingham City Council announcedContinue reading “Labor-run Bin Strike Could Lead To Rat Plague In Birmingham”
Next Month, Tube Workers Go On Strike
London commuters will suffer due to a series of strikes by London Underground employees, including drivers, next month in protest over wages. On November 7 and Tuesday, November 12, trade union Aslef, representing thousands of Tube drivers who make at least £63,000 annually, has called for 24-hour walkouts. In response to a “wholly inadequate” compensationContinue reading “Next Month, Tube Workers Go On Strike”
NHS Doctors Working At Other Hospitals On Strike Days Investigated By Ministers
Ministers are looking into allegations that young physicians on strike have been working at more lucrative hospitals in other locations, which has increased their salaries. Evidence shows that junior doctors have walked out of their scheduled hospital shifts while carrying out higher-paying ones elsewhere. Senior NHS sources have told The Mail on Sunday that theyContinue reading “NHS Doctors Working At Other Hospitals On Strike Days Investigated By Ministers”
Rail Strikes Begin Tomorrow With A Week Of Chaos Before The Party Season
Train drivers have voted overwhelmingly to continue taking strike action for the next six months in their long-running dispute over pay, the Aslef union confirmed today. Aslef (the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) backed more industrial action after being reballoted, well over a year since the dispute started. The announcement comes ahead ofContinue reading “Rail Strikes Begin Tomorrow With A Week Of Chaos Before The Party Season”
What A Load Of Rubbish!
Rotting piles of decaying waste have been lining the streets of the East End in the second week of a month-long walkout by refuse collectors. Residents, politicians and tourists urged Tower Hamlets council to urgently come to a deal with the striking workers as rotting food and discarded nappies lay in mounds up to 6fContinue reading “What A Load Of Rubbish!”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 