UK Strike Statistics

UK strike days by month, September 2022 to October 2026

Each striking employer counts once per strike day, broken down by sector.

Data collection began September 2022. The current month is still running, and later months show only the dates confirmed so far.

Strike days by year

Each striking employer counts once per strike day.

* Partial year - either collection had not begun for the whole of it, or it has not finished yet.

Employers with the most strike days

Top 20 of 308 employers, all time. Select one for its full strike history.

1. Birmingham Refuse Workers UNITE 388 days
2. Rail ASLEF 96 days
3. Veolia UNITE 91 days
4. University Staff UCU 90 days
5. St Mungos UNITE 89 days
6. Depart for Work & Pensions PCS 79 days
7. Liverpool Museums PCS 72 days
8. Cwm Taf Health Board UNITE 70 days
9. DVLA PCS 62 days
10. NHS Junior Doctors BMA 61 days
11. SPS Technologies Ltd UNITE 58 days
12. VUE UNITE 58 days
13. BAE UNITE 57 days
14. Go North East UNITE 57 days
15. G4S GMB 56 days
16. Cardiff Refuse Workers UNITE 55 days
17. Pensions Regulator PCS 55 days
18. Dundee University UCU 49 days
19. Village Hotel UNITE 49 days
20. GXO Logistics UNITE 43 days

Unions with the most strike days

Top 20 of 23 unions, all time.

1. UNITE · 160 employers 2,406 days
2. PCS · 30 employers 665 days
3. UCU · 28 employers 453 days
4. GMB · 27 employers 249 days
5. RMT · 17 employers 118 days
6. ASLEF · 1 employers 96 days
7. BMA · 3 employers 93 days
8. UNISON · 7 employers 47 days
9. UVW · 2 employers 47 days
10. EIS · 2 employers 41 days
11. NEU · 3 employers 23 days
12. PROSPECT · 10 employers 20 days
13. NASUWT · 2 employers 13 days
14. NUJ · 5 employers 12 days
15. RCN · 2 employers 12 days
16. TSSA · 2 employers 12 days
17. FBU · 1 employers 8 days
18. CWU · 1 employers 6 days
19. SSTA · 1 employers 4 days
20. SOR · 1 employers 3 days

Strike days by sector

Every sector tracked, all time.

1. Other · 88 employers 1,134 days
2. Education · 54 employers 665 days
3. Government · 39 employers 625 days
4. Council · 13 employers 544 days
5. Bus · 26 employers 317 days
6. Manufacturing · 19 employers 305 days
7. NHS · 19 employers 269 days
8. Rail & Train · 19 employers 191 days
9. Airports · 13 employers 96 days
10. Emergency Services · 5 employers 60 days
11. Tube & London Underground · 4 employers 45 days
12. Retail · 3 employers 38 days
13. Maritime · 5 employers 37 days
14. Royal Mail · 1 employers 6 days

Records

158 cancelled strike dates on record. Cancelled dates are excluded from every figure on this page.

Industrial Action by Union