UK Strike Statistics

UK strike days by month, September 2022 to September 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 302 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. Pilgrims UNITE 59 days
12. SPS Technologies Ltd UNITE 58 days
13. VUE UNITE 58 days
14. BAE UNITE 57 days
15. Go North East UNITE 57 days
16. G4S GMB 56 days
17. Cardiff Refuse Workers UNITE 55 days
18. Pensions Regulator PCS 55 days
19. Alexander Dennis UNITE 49 days
20. Dundee University UCU 49 days

Unions with the most strike days

Top 20 of 23 unions, all time.

1. UNITE · 157 employers 2,405 days
2. PCS · 29 employers 661 days
3. UCU · 28 employers 423 days
4. GMB · 27 employers 249 days
5. RMT · 15 employers 113 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 18 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 · 85 employers 1,094 days
2. Education · 54 employers 635 days
3. Government · 39 employers 625 days
4. Council · 13 employers 544 days
5. Manufacturing · 19 employers 341 days
6. Bus · 26 employers 317 days
7. NHS · 19 employers 269 days
8. Rail & Train · 18 employers 190 days
9. Airports · 12 employers 93 days
10. Emergency Services · 5 employers 60 days
11. Tube & London Underground · 3 employers 41 days
12. Retail · 3 employers 38 days
13. Maritime · 5 employers 37 days
14. Royal Mail · 1 employers 6 days

Records

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

Industrial Action by Union