27.08.26

The strike is tomorrow

Parents across the country are downing tools to demand proper paternity leave and real flexible working rights. We're striking in 13 places. Find your strike time and meeting point:

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Becoming a parent is the best thing most of us will ever do — but the UK is failing parents.

We have the worst paternity leave in Europe: two weeks, paid at less than half the minimum wage. We're denied the flexible working that would make juggling work and childcare actually possible. And most of us are worse off on two incomes than our grandparents were on one.

On 27th August, we'll all book a couple of hours off work and join family-friendly demonstrations, with two demands: flexible working by default, and at least six weeks' paternity leave at 90% pay, including for the self-employed.

Find your nearest strike below and come and join us — bring the kids, bring a banner.

Organised by Mother Pukka and The Dad Shift.

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    Now email your MP

    Tell them to back better paternity leave — it takes a minute, and we'll write the email for you.

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    Now spread the word

    A strike is only as loud as the people in it. Could you send it to a few friends who you want standing next to you?

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    Get your posters & t-shirt

    Plaster your neighbourhood with posters, then pull on the t-shirt and turn strike day into a sea of colour.

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    The Strike T-shirt

    Organic and ethically made.

    £15
    Yellow Parent Strike t-shirt with the logo printed in black

    The Strike Poster

    A pack of 10 A4 posters. Put them up in your area.

    £5
    Parent Strike poster reading 'Quiet time is over'

    Get Both

    The full kit — t-shirt on your back, poster in the window.

    £20
    Yellow Parent Strike t-shirt 'Quiet time is over' poster
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    Tell your MP to act

    Let's fill our MPs' inboxes with the strike. Edit the message below if you like, then hit send — it opens in your own email app, addressed to your MP.

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    Before you go — can you donate to help grow The Parent Strike?

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