Unions are advocating for millions of workers to have the right to work from home, with the ability to appeal to the Fair Work Commission if their employer denies the request. This proposal has intensified the conflict between employees and employers over returning to the office. Various groups of workers, including M25 maintenance workers, mental health social workers in Cumbria, ScotRail workers, Surrey County Council staff, Edmonton city workers, and UK statistics agency staff, are either on strike or considering strike action over pay disputes or demands to return to the office.
UK statisticians threaten strike action over back-to-office mandate https://t.co/xnpD87PDjY
"Civil servants threaten to strike over two days a week in the office "ONS staff demand right to stay at home full time" https://t.co/39by2ERAOU
“Angry” ONS staff threaten to strike after being “ordered” back to the office for two days a week https://t.co/t0Jj84eQSa
UK statisticians threaten strike action over back-to-office mandate https://t.co/y6NLFjemrY
Office for National Statistics staff to vote on strikes in dispute over working from home https://t.co/Rdx29H1Inf
UK statistics agency staff threaten strike over return to office https://t.co/ceP0t83WIj https://t.co/K0evdDGwov
More than 1,000 British civil servants at the Office for National Statistics are threatening to strike over demands that they return to the office at least two days a week https://t.co/TsndWVBWoH
Edmonton city workers expected to strike Thursday morning over contract demands https://t.co/aIFEz0HXtA https://t.co/4nSYj3AyLg
Thousands of Edmonton city workers expected to strike over contract demands https://t.co/z4vhkBneaM
Drivers warned of M25 traffic chaos with long delays as motorway workers vote to strike over pay https://t.co/XJnmDIr6DJ
A vote by Surrey County Council staff in favour of potential strike action over pay is "unprecedented", a union leader has said. Tap below to read more: https://t.co/eBpnzJxMyL
Unite union say 150 M25 maintenance workers, based at several sites including Epping, vote to take strike action in pay dispute https://t.co/tsZ8r6kY4J https://t.co/k4FSiRTMR9
M25 delays expected as 150 maintenance workers to strike over pay https://t.co/ePrHj78RIm
🚨 | RMT to launch strike ballot on ScotRail over DOO: @ScotRail workers will be balloted for strike action over Driver Only Operation (DOO) trains, @RMTunion can reveal. https://t.co/HGIlisOrcb
Mental health social workers in parts of Cumbria are set to strike in a row over how their jobs are graded https://t.co/0CoWFpfUwp
Around 150 M25 maintenance workers employed by Balfour Beatty have voted for strike action over pay, Unite said today. The workers, who provide maintenance for the entire M25, are angry at Balfour Beatty’s pay offer of 3.4%. https://t.co/QrhLhipWau
Millions of workers should be given the right to work from home according to a proposal by the union movement’s peak body that ratchets up the tension between staff and their bosses over returning to the office https://t.co/d4PkCujKUj
Unions have called for millions of workers to be awarded new rights to request to work from home with an ability to appeal to the Fair Work Commision if their employer refuses. @australian https://t.co/RyWlS0hjBG https://t.co/80gHzTfkeA