Strikes Update: How Friday 3 February’s strike will affect you

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Striking bid drivers and Zo Conway composite image

By Zoe Conway

Employment correspondent

Railway stations volition beryllium deserted erstwhile again connected Friday arsenic bid drivers successful England signifier their 2nd walkout this week.

If their onslaught connected Wednesday is thing to spell by, past you tin expect lone a 3rd of services to operate. On galore lines, nary trains volition tally astatine all.

As onslaught days go, it's comparatively quiescent arsenic determination are nary different UK locomotion outs - the autobus drivers onslaught affects parts of London lone and the teachers onslaught is successful 2 areas successful Scotland.

Oh and determination truly is immoderate bully news: determination are nary strikes this weekend.

But the calm won't past long.

On Monday, the NHS is facing 1 of the biggest ever strikes successful its past involving nurses and paramedics.

So however volition strikes connected Friday impact you?

You tin read more oregon watch this report astir wherefore radical are taking onslaught action, and beneath you tin find accusation connected however it could impact you.

Upcoming onslaught action

TUE 31 JAN

Teachers successful Scotland

Teachers successful Highlands and West Lothian are connected strike
Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) are taking enactment arsenic portion of an ongoing quality implicit pay

WED 1 FEB

Civil servants

About 100,000 civilian servants successful 124 authorities departments and different bodies are connected onslaught successful a quality implicit wage and conditions
Employees astatine the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are among those taking part

Teachers

In England and Wales, teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) are connected onslaught implicit pay
The NEU is the largest acquisition national successful the UK and the disruption to schools is expected to beryllium widespread
In Scotland, teachers who are members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) successful Clackmannanshire and Aberdeen are connected onslaught arsenic portion of an ongoing quality which is besides implicit pay

Train drivers

Train drivers who are members of the Aslef national are connected strike
Most bid companies crossed England are affected
Disruption is besides expected connected immoderate services betwixt England and Scotland, and betwixt England and Wales
Customers are encouraged to cheque their way earlier travelling

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

Bus drivers connected strike

Bus drivers employed by Abellio successful London are taking concern action
The routes affected are mostly successful southbound and westbound London

THU 2 FEB

Teachers successful Scotland

Teachers successful Dundee and Argyll and Bute are connected strike
Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) are taking enactment arsenic portion of an ongoing quality implicit pay

Bus drivers connected strike

Bus drivers employed by Abellio successful London are taking concern action
The routes affected are mostly successful southbound and westbound London

FRI 3 FEB

Train drivers

Train drivers who are members of the Aslef national are connected strike
Most bid companies crossed England are affected
Disruption is besides expected connected immoderate services betwixt England and Scotland, and betwixt England and Wales
Customers are encouraged to cheque their way earlier travelling

Teachers successful Scotland

Teachers successful South Lanarkshire and Western Isles are connected strike
Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) are taking enactment arsenic portion of an ongoing quality implicit pay

Bus drivers connected strike

Bus drivers employed by Abellio successful London are taking concern action
The routes affected are mostly successful southbound and westbound London

SAT 4 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 5 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 6 FEB

Nurses successful England

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are taking concern enactment implicit pay
Life-preserving attraction indispensable beryllium provided, and each nurses successful intensive and exigency attraction are expected to work

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the GMB national are connected onslaught successful 7 of the 10 English services and the nationalist Welsh service, portion Unite unit onslaught successful 4 English services and Wales
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

TUE 7 FEB

Nurses successful England connected strike

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are taking concern enactment implicit pay
Life-preserving attraction indispensable beryllium provided, and each nurses successful intensive and exigency attraction are expected to work

Physiotherapists successful Wales

NHS physiotherapy unit successful each Welsh Health Boards are connected strike
It is the archetypal clip physiotherapy unit successful Wales person walked retired implicit pay

Midwives successful Wales

Members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) successful Wales are connected onslaught from 0800 to 1600 GMT
Services for women successful labour oregon needing exigency attraction are not affected, according to the RCM

WED 8 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

THU 9 FEB

Physiotherapists instrumentality action

NHS physiotherapy unit crossed England are striking implicit wage and staffing
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy says 4,200 members are involved

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

FRI 10 FEB

Ambulance staff

Thousands of ambulance unit crossed 5 services successful England - London, Yorkshire, the South West, North East and North West - are striking
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

SAT 11 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 12 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

MON 13 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

TUE 14 FEB

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

Teachers successful Wales

Members of the National Education Union are connected onslaught crossed the full of Wales
Many schools volition adjacent altogether and classes successful immoderate others volition not run

WED 15 FEB

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

THU 16 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful Northern Ireland are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

University staff

Thousands of unit astatine 150 universities crossed the UK are taking concern enactment
Academic unit and those successful different nonrecreational roles including administrators, librarians and technicians are involved

FRI 17 FEB

Ambulance staff

Ambulance unit successful the Unite national successful the West Midlands and successful Northern Ireland are connected onslaught
The onslaught affects non-life threatening calls lone and radical are advised to usage the 999 work successful an emergency

SAT 18 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

SUN 19 FEB

There are presently nary nationalist strikes planned for this date

Train strikes

A fig of obstruction firms person advised passengers not to usage them to question on Friday 3 February because nary services volition beryllium running.

If you're taking the bid on Friday, Network Rail says determination volition beryllium significantly reduced services and advises radical to "plan up and cheque your archetypal and past bid times".

Train drivers successful the Aslef national and RMT members are taking onslaught enactment implicit occupation security, pay, and conditions, affecting services crossed England and into Scotland and Wales.

There volition beryllium nary services astatine each on: Avanti West Coast; Chiltern Railways; CrossCountry; East Midlands Railway; Gatwick Express; Great Northern; Heathrow Express; London Northwestern Railway; Northern; Southeastern; Southern; Thameslink, South Western Railway Island Line services; TransPennine Express; West Midlands Railway.

Greater Anglia (including Stansted Express) and Great Western Railway are advising passengers not to usage them, and LNER volition tally a reduced service.

South Western says it intends to tally a work connected Friday, but warned determination may beryllium important disruption connected immoderate routes owed to trouble getting drivers and trains to wherever they request to be.

Passengers affected by the strikes tin use for refunds and whitethorn beryllium eligible for Delay Repay payment.

Teachers successful Scotland

Teachers successful South Lanarkshire and Western Isles are connected onslaught connected Friday, with members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) taking enactment successful an ongoing quality implicit pay.

This is the 3rd week of rolling strikes, with each section authorization affected implicit the period.

The EIS precocious announced a further 22 days of other strikes betwixt 13 March and 21 April.

South Lanarkshire Council said parents should "consider making alternate arrangements for this time if your children are affected".

Bus drivers

Bus routes successful southbound and westbound London volition beryllium affected by enactment taken by astir 1,900 Abellio autobus drivers.

The strikes connected 3 February are portion of a quality implicit pay, the Unite national said.

Some section autobus services to Heathrow volition beryllium disrupted.

Additional reporting by Tom Espiner

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