Strikes: All the walkouts and industrial action planned in November | UK News

While some of these have been resolved in recent times, October saw industrial action which led to some of the country’s most crucial infrastructure – including public transport and the NHS – affected.

And with members of transport union the RMT voting for another six months of strike action, it’s likely we’ll see yet more misery for commuters as we move into the run-up to Christmas.

But which strikes are confirmed to be happening in November and what could still be called?

Schools

Support staff at schools in parts of Scotland will walk out on Wednesday November 1.

The union Unison has said its members will walk out at schools in Glasgow City, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde.

The dispute affects non-teaching staff – including cleaning, catering, janitorial, administration and pupil support – who voted to strike after rejecting a recent pay offer from the Convention of Local Scottish Authorities (Cosla).

Members of other unions, including GMB and Unite, voted to accept the offer.

Unison has said the strike is the first in a series of rolling dates of action – with more likely to follow.

Trains

While no strike dates have yet been called on the trains, members of the RMT Union have voted in favour of another six months of industrial action.

Unions have to give a minimum of two weeks notice of a strike day, so unless the long-running pay dispute is resolved expect more stoppages on the train network in November.

The union’s general secretary Mick Lynch said: ‘The government, who controls this dispute through a contractual mandate over the train operating companies, must now allow the Rail Delivery Group to put forward a revised offer so we can work towards reaching a settlement.

‘However, if no new offer is forthcoming we will once again take strike action in defence of our members’ livelihoods.’