03-12-2018 San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers celebrating the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contract. Low wages had required many work... © David Bacon

03-12-2018 San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers celebrating the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contract. Low wages had required many work... © David Bacon

03-12-2018 San Francisco, USA Striking Marriott Hotel workers celebrating the successful end of their strike. After 61 days the Unite Here! union got agreement to a new contract. Low wages had required many work... © David Bacon

23-04-2018 Nouvelle Aquitaine, France. Strike by SNCF railway workers © Patrick Allard

19-04-2017 Cowley Oxford BMW workers at the Mini factory on strike against the closure of the final salary pension scheme. It is the first ever strike at BMW with Unite the Union organising a series of one day s... © John Harris

19-04-2017 Cowley Oxford BMW workers at the Mini factory on strike against the closure of the final salary pension scheme. It is the first ever strike at BMW with Unite the Union organising a series of one day s... © John Harris

19-04-2017 Cowley Oxford BMW workers at the Mini factory on strike against the closure of the final salary pension scheme. It is the first ever strike at BMW with Unite the Union organising a series of one day s... © John Harris

19-04-2017 Cowley Oxford BMW workers at the Mini factory on strike against the closure of the final salary pension scheme. It is the first ever strike at BMW with Unite the Union organising a series of one day s... © John Harris

19-04-2017 Cowley Oxford BMW workers at the Mini factory on strike against the closure of the final salary pension scheme. It is the first ever strike at BMW with Unite the Union organising a series of one day s... © John Harris

19-04-2017 Cowley Oxford BMW workers at the Mini factory on strike against the closure of the final salary pension scheme. It is the first ever strike at BMW with Unite the Union organising a series of one day s... © John Harris

19-04-2017 Cowley Oxford BMW workers at the Mini factory on strike against the closure of the final salary pension scheme. It is the first ever strike at BMW with Unite the Union organising a series of one day s... © John Harris

28-03-2013 BBC Strike, New Broadacasting House, London. NUJ & BECTU members stage a mass walk out to start a 12 hour official strike over cuts in staff, compulsory redundancies and management bullying. © Stefano Cagnoni

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 Zita Holbourne, PCS brings solidarity greetings to London Underground cleaners walk out as the 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes... © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 Zita Holbourne, PCS brings solidarity greetings to London Underground cleaners walk out as the 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes... © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

27-07-2012 London Underground cleaners walk out as 2012 Olympic Games begin in a dispute with private contractors ISS and Initial over pay and travel passes. Stratford Station, Newham. London. © Jess Hurd

19-07-2012 Andrew Hemming. Farmers for Action protest at low milk prices with a blockade of the Arla milk processing plant, Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire © John Harris

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

20-06-2012 Miners make a road blockade out of burning tires in La Robla. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will mean an end to min... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners fire fireworks at the police in Cinera after they have blocked the road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts which will... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners fire fireworks at the police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts wh... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

19-06-2012 Miners win running battles with police in Cinera after they have blocked the mountain road. The miners have been on strike since the government announced cuts to mining subsidies due to austerity cuts... © Jess Hurd

18-01-2012 BECTU members at BBC Birmingham on strike against job losses and for the future of BBC Birmingham © Timm Sonnenschein

18-01-2012 BECTU members at BBC Birmingham on strike against job losses and for the future of BBC Birmingham © Timm Sonnenschein

18-01-2012 BECTU members at BBC Birmingham on strike against job losses and for the future of BBC Birmingham © Timm Sonnenschein

18-01-2012 John Bull joins the pickets. BECTU members at BBC Birmingham on strike against job losses and for the future of BBC Birmingham © Timm Sonnenschein

18-01-2012 Anna Murray BECTU speaking to Midlands Today TV, BBC Birmingham members on strike against job losses and for the future of BBC Birmingham © Timm Sonnenschein

24-08-2011 Electricians strike over a pay dispute outside Blackfriars Station in London. Eight major electrical contractors announced their intention to withdraw from the Joint Industry Board (JIB) national indu... © Justin Tallis

04-04-2011 Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

04-04-2011 Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

04-04-2011 Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

04-04-2011 Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

04-04-2011 Vivergo lock out. Mass picket by Vivergo workers sacked by Redhall Engineering Services, Vivergo and BP at the Saltend Bioethanol chemical plant, Hull, East Yorkshire. © Mark Pinder

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Dont sack my daddy. Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Dont sack my daddy. Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Dont sack my daddy. Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

23-10-2010 Firefighters mass picket at Poplar Fire Station. FBU members walkout over new contracts, shift working and mass sackings. Tower Hamlets, East London. © Jess Hurd

22-10-2009 CWU Postal workers strike against jobs, conditions and threats to the service. East London Mail Centre, Tower Hamlets. London. © Jess Hurd

22-10-2009 CWU Postal workers strike against jobs, conditions and threats to the service. East London Mail Centre, Tower Hamlets. London. © Jess Hurd

22-10-2009 CWU Postal workers strike against jobs, conditions and threats to the service. East London Mail Centre, Tower Hamlets. London. © Jess Hurd

22-10-2009 CWU Postal workers strike against jobs, conditions and threats to the service. East London Mail Centre, Tower Hamlets. London. © Jess Hurd

22-10-2009 Mass meeting on the picket line. CWU Postal workers strike against jobs, conditions and threats to the service. East London Mail Centre, Tower Hamlets. London. © Jess Hurd

22-10-2009 CWU Postal workers strike against jobs, conditions and threats to the service. East London Mail Centre, Tower Hamlets. London. © Jess Hurd

23-06-2009 Police horses. Picket at the refinery. Total sacked 900 striking contract workers at Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire © John Harris