New Technology Work and Employment· 2026Q1
Strikes, Industrial Action and Homeworking—Insights From Two Disputes
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Short summary
Trade unions successfully used industrial action to counter homeworking policy changes in the UK civil service and a northwest England high school, leveraging pandemic-driven flexible work shifts.
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Key points
- Trade unions successfully employed industrial action in response to homeworking policy changes.
- Case studies include disputes in the UK civil service and a high school.
- The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent flexible working shifts are key factors influencing these disputes.
- These events demonstrate the ongoing impact of pandemic-era changes on employment relations.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This research note explores the ways in which trade unions have been able to successfully take industrial action in response to changes in homeworking policies in the UK. Drawing on media data collected in the form of an event catalogue, findings from the two disputes (in the UK's civil service and in a high school in the northwest of England) provide unique insights as to how the ripple effects from the Covid‐19 pandemic and the subsequent shift to flexible working continue to impact employment relations today.
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