Who is striking? How Thursday 22 December’s walkouts will affect you

On Thursday picket lines volition mostly autumn silent. Nurses, posties, railway workers and ambulance unit are backmost successful work.

But determination are inactive immoderate strikes happening and the respite from overmuch of the concern enactment volition beryllium brief.

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National Highways postulation officers successful the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) moving successful London and the south-east of England volition halt enactment from 22 to 25 December.

The onslaught volition impact power centre staff. Traffic officers who enactment successful the aftermath of accidents volition besides halt work.

PCS says the walkout is apt to trim the fig of officers capable to woody with collisions and origin delays to re-opening carriageways and motorways.

National Highways says nary roads volition beryllium closed and it has "well-rehearsed resilience plans successful place".

Until 24 December, the walkouts volition impact driving trial centres successful north-west England and Yorkshire and the Humber. The onslaught enactment volition not impact mentation tests.

After Christmas - from 28 December to Tuesday 3 January - the onslaught volition determination to the eastbound of England, East Midlands, West Midlands and parts of London.

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From Thursday teatime, we volition person different onslaught briefing for you - looking up crossed the full Christmas and New Year period.

Several unions are readying walkouts adjacent week and successful the archetypal week of January.

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) volition locomotion retired on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 December.

There is ongoing disruption and immoderate localised strikes passim this week and good into next, but a national strike of RMT members is owed to commencement astatine 18:00 connected 24 December until 06:00 connected 27 December. Network Rail says that astir bid journeys volition extremity astatine 15:00 connected Christmas Eve.

Even connected days erstwhile strikes aren't happening, galore passengers are facing reduced services owed to an overtime prohibition by the RMT national astatine 14 bid companies. The prohibition runs until 2 January. On immoderate lines, that means services starting precocious and finishing early.

Every time from 23 December to New Year's Eve - but Tuesday 27 December - it could instrumentality longer to get done passport power astatine Birmingham, Cardiff, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow and Manchester airports. The larboard of Newhaven volition besides beryllium affected.

About 1,000 Border Force unit who are members of the PCS national - are expected to locomotion out. Armed Forces unit and Home Office volunteers volition beryllium stepping successful for striking officers.

The caput of operations for the Border Force, Steve Dann, said helium hoped to support each airports and ports open, but passengers should expect immoderate disruption. The authorities is recommending radical cheque with question operators earlier embarking connected their journeys.

There volition beryllium much accusation connected however this mightiness impact your question plans successful Thursday's briefing.

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