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Mining museum strike ends as workers vote to accept pay offer

Banners Held High will return to Wakefield

Date set for Wakefield's Banners Held High Festival 2026

Striking workers on the picket line.

Striking coal mining museum staff given offer that could see them 'disciplined'

Jon Trickett, MP for Normanton and Hemsworth, spoke at the demonstration in support of the strike at the National Coal Mining Museum. LDRS image

Charity Commission to investigate “governance and management” at mining museum

'No option’: Mining museum strike extended again until SUMMER

Jon Trickett MP

Political opinion column with Jon Trickett MP: Why I support the workers at the ...

Wakefield's mining museum strike set to be extended until summer 2026

Rally to support striking mining museum workers in Wakefield this weekend, says UNISON

Rally to support striking mining museum workers in Wakefield

Council leader resigns as mining museum patron in support for staff

UNISON general secretary to join striking workers on Coal Mining Museum picket line

UNISON general secretary to join striking workers on mining museum picket line

The National Coal Mining Museum.

National Coal Mining Museum trustee resigns

National Coal Mining Museum strike extended into 2026 as pay dispute continues

The picket line at the National Coal Mining Museum.

Latest mining museum pay offer 'worse for workers than previous tabled offer'

The strike at the National Coal Mining Museum extended until November.

National Coal Mining Museum strike extended by four more weeks

National Coal Mining Museum staff pictured with Wakefield Council leader Denise Jeffery at County Hall after the local authority voted in favour of them over a pay dispute.

Council to withdraw mining museum funding in support of striking staff

Wakefield Council looks set to 'review' the funding it provides to the National Coal Mining Museum until strike action over workers' pay at the tourist attraction is resolved.

Council set to ‘review’ mining museum funding over strike
Wakefield Council looks set to ‘review’ the funding it provides to the National Coal Mining Museum until strike action over workers’ pay at the tourist attraction is resolved.
Tony Gardner

National Coal Mining Museum strike: Tours remain cancelled as action extended

Pay dispute continues as National Coal Mining Museum workers strike

Four-week walkout at Wakefield's National Coal Mining Museum begins

Staff will initially walk out from Wednesday, August 20 until Sunday, September 14, warning of further action if museum bosses 'continue to refuse to honour a previous pay promise.'

Four-week walkout at Wakefield's National Coal Mining Museum in row over pay

Wakefield Town HallUnison said key Wakefield Council services were “bound to suffer” if proposals to cut its workforce due to financial pressures go ahead.

Council job losses could be “catastrophic” for staff and residents, union warns

Hazel Garth Care Home, Knottingley.

Council says decision to shut care home ‘only temporary’ after backlash

Residents were suddenly moved out of Hazel Garth care home for people with dementia. Picture Scott Merrylees

Clarity offered over jobs and residents at care home

Pontefract grandad taking on London Marathon to raise money for NSPCC

A formal dispute over pay has been launched at Wakefield College, says UNISON.

Formal dispute over pay launched at Wakefield College

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Breaking Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

It’s the second pay rise workers at NCMME represented by UNISON have secured in less than a year – after an increase of 10.5 per cent in November 2022.

Workers at National Coal Mining Museum secure ‘proper pay rise’, says UNISON
Almost 100 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME) in Wakefield have secured a pay rise, UNISON has said today.
Leanne Clarke

Workers at the museum include ex-miners who keep the heritage of the coal industry alive for a new generation by giving talks and tours of the underground tunnels at Wakefield’s former Caphouse Colliery.

National Coal Mining Museum strikes suspended, says UNISON

Breaking Nurses to vote on England-wide strikes after rejecting 5% pay rise

International Day of the Midwife falls on Friday, 5 May in 202

Happy International Day of the Midwife 2023: How to get involved

Members of the Royal College of Nursing union could strike until Christmas if no deal is reached with the government over pay. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Breaking Royal College of Nursing warns of more strikes

Royal College of Nurses members, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, pictured previously taking part in industrial action at Altnagelvin Hospital. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS - 38

Breaking RCN rejects Government’s pay offer - new 48 hour strike to go ahead

MP Julie Elliott alongside paramedics on the picket line outside Sunderland Ambulance station.

Breaking NHS Unison members accept pay deal offer in England

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Breaking Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

PCSO Julie Wood was awarded the ‘problem solving’ award at the National PCSO Award Ceremony on January 13.

Wakefield PCSO recognised with national 'Problem Solving' Award

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

Where to go in Wakefield for medical help during Ambulance Service strike

Christina McAnea, general secretary of UNISON, poses with ambulance workers at a picket line outside the Waterloo ambulance station in London on December 21, 2022. - Striking UK ambulance workers took to the picket lines, escalating a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

Ambulance workers in England announce two new strike dates

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022

Army staff helped operate ambulance services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1,200 troops to cover for striking ambulance & Border Force staff

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations

The museum staff were supported on the picket line by a visit from former National Union of Mineworkers president Arthur Scargill.

Victory for National Coal Mining Museum staff following five-day strike

The National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield.

'Phantom' pay cap backlash at National Coal Mining Museum

Workers on strike at the National Coal Mining Museum

Mining museum closes over strike

Staff at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield are on strike (Photo credit OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Wakefield’s National Coal Mining Museum staff to strike over pay

Union officials said the Wakefield museum's pay offer was half the rate of inflation and while members did not want to strike "they had no choice".

Wakefield's National Coal Mining Museum staff to strike over pay

The bonus is coming from a government fund aimed at retaining staff in the sector, amid a crisis in care.

Every social care worker in Wakefield district to get £500 'thank you' bonus

From November 11, care home staff will be required by law to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus to work.

Covid jab deadline looms on unvaccinated care staff in Wakefield

County Hall in Wakefield

Wakefield Council leader indicates support for menopause policy

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County Hall in Wakefield

Council and school staff in Wakefield reject 'unfair' 1.75 per cent pay offer

Unison has urged ministers to abandon the “draconian” no jab, no job policy (Photo: Getty Images)

Mandatory jab deadline for carers risks ‘catastrophic’ staff shortages

Unsung heroes? Binmen have carried on working throughout the pandemic. Getty picture taken in Northampton.

Union and council hit back at social media criticism of binmen

A tribunal in Leeds made the judgement after a four-day hearing in September.

UNISON 'delighted' after former school kitchen manager wins constructive dismiss...

West Yorkshire had been set to join Greater Manchester, Liverpool and South Yorkshire in Tier Three before the second lockdown was announced.

Wakefield will 'probably' go into Tier Three restrictions when lockdown ends nex...

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