UK’s rail, mail and dock workers are launching strikes in vast numbers as inflation erodes the value of wages at a record pace.
Aljazeera on Thursday said Britain’s train network faces further heavy disruption on Thursday and Saturday in major walkouts that follow the sector’s biggest strike action for 30 years already this summer.
Tens of thousands of staff are expected to strike over the two days.
Teachers and health workers have also hinted at possible walkouts should they not receive new pay deals deemed acceptable.
Sharon Graham, head of major British union Unite, said; “We will continue to do whatever is necessary to defend jobs, pay and conditions during this cost-of-living crisis.
“This record fall in real wages demonstrates the vital need for unions like Unite to defend the value of workers’ pay,” Graham said, while hitting out at suggestions, including from Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, that pay rises were driving inflation.
Official data showed UK inflation at a 40-year high above 10 per cent, as soaring food and energy prices hurt millions.
The Bank of England has forecast inflation to top 13 per cent this year, tipping the British economy into a deep and long-lasting recession.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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