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Striking nurses call for better pay and patient safety
Thousands of nurses have once again taken to picket lines across England - the first of two consecutive days of strike action - calling for better pay and patient safety .
Thousands of nurses have once again taken to picket lines across England - the first of two consecutive days of strike action - calling for better pay and patient safety .
Keir Starmer and the prime minister clash in angry exchanges during PMQs.
Train drivers will take part in a fresh round of strikes on Wednesday, heaping further misery onto weary rail commuters.
It comes as half a million workers stage the biggest day of industrial action in decades.
Unlike her latest tribute act, the iron lady was an astute judge of public opinion, and an avoider of political traps, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
Government shows desire for fresh discussions with unions as latest walkouts cause mayhem
Trade union boss gives rousing address to thousands of striking workers in Westminster.
Ministers should negotiate seriously – and immediately – to prevent the strikes lasting another three months, and contributing to a dangerous picture of a ‘broken Britain’ that hinders Sunak’s attempts to fight back against Labour
PM likely to find it increasingly difficult to stay out of debate as industrial action escalates
Tour operators and ski resorts are assuring British skiers that planned strike action among ski lift operators, taking place today, is likely to be a “non-event,” saying lifts are running as normal and any closures have gone unnoticed.
Secondary schools were more likely to have closed their doors to some cohorts of pupils than primary schools, according to figures by the DfE.
Paul Nowak suggested a ‘Cabinet full of millionaires’ may not fully understand how the rising cost of living is affecting ordinary workers.
Train drivers are taking part in a fresh round of strikes on Wednesday, heaping further misery onto weary rail commuters with Britain’s rail network crippled by strikes again on Friday February 3.
Action by teachers, civil servants, Border Force staff and train drivers to go ahead, with ministers accused of ‘stonewalling’
‘I now have to think about my own children - it doesn’t pay to be a hero,’ one former assistant head says as schools close due to walkout
Approximately 1000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union are set to walk out during February half-term
Half a million teachers, university staff, train drivers, Border Force workers, civil servants and security guards predicted to take part in coordinated strike action on Wednesday
One cannot read or hear the news now without hearing of some group of workers going on strike. People evoke the 1970s – a decade synonymous with industrial unrest – and especially, given the many disputes at the moment, the time when a culture of strikes effectively brought down a government: the Winter of Discontent of 1979. Those of us of a certain age who recall those days, however, fail to see the similarities.
Good evening. As one of the biggest strikes in a generation ground the country to a halt today, we have analysis of which groups of workers have the most, and least, support from the public. We also have the latest from the US, after Joe Biden's beach house was searched by the FBI.
Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday leaving transport networks paralysed and thousands of classrooms empty in the largest walkout in over a decade.As Europe battles a cost-of-living crisis, Britain's umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called it the "biggest day of strike action since 2011".The latest round of stoppages comes a day after more than 1.27 million took to the streets in France, increasing pressure on the French government over pension reform plans.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for pay rises to be "reasonable" and affordable", warning that big pay hikes would jeopardise attempts to tame inflation.But unions have accused millionaire Sunak of being out of touch with the challenges faced by ordinary working people struggling to make ends meet in the face of low-paid, insecure work and spiralling costs.Teachers and train drivers were among the latest groups to act, as well as Border Force staff at UK air and seaports.The NEU teaching union estimated 85 percent of schools in England and Wales had been hit by walkouts, adding that this indicated the "level of anger" in the profession."The workload is always bigger and bigger and with the inflation our salary is lower and lower," London teacher Nigel Adams, 57, told AFP as he joined thousands of teachers marching through central London."We're exhausted. We're paying the price and so are the children," he added as protesters held up placards reading "Pay Up" and "We can't put your kids first if you put their teachers last".- 'Slap in face' -Britain has witnessed months of strikes by tens of thousands of workers -- including postal staff, lawyers, nurses and employees in the retail sector -- as UK inflation raced above 11 percent, the highest level in more than 40 years.Job centre worker and union representative, Graham, who preferred not to give his last name, said workers had no choice but to strike faced with soaring costs."Some of our members, even though they are working, still have to make visits to food banks," he said.Train stations in the capital were deserted or completely closed.At the shuttered London Bridge Station, a major commuter hub, one train driver who gave his name as Tony, 61, said the sort of pay rises on offer were insulting, especially in the wake of the pandemic."We worked all through Covid. We were being praised as key workers and then there is this slap in the face," he said."I was leaving (home) at 3:00am to go to work. People were having barbecues, you could hear the bottles. I think we deserve a pay increase that keeps up with inflation."Combative RMT union leader Mick Lynch, who has been representing many rail workers, told teachers who marched through London to parliament "every worker needs a pay rise, every worker needs a square deal... We are demanding change".Joint NEU teaching union chiefs Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney meanwhile warned that schools would be hit by more strikes unless the government came up with "concrete and meaningful proposals".- Inflation 'biggest risk' -Government and company bosses are standing firm, however, over wage demands.Education Minister Gillian Keegan told Times Radio she was "disappointed" teachers had walked out.But Mark Serwotka, head of PCS, the largest trade union in the civil service, said the government's position was "unsustainable". "It's not feasible that they can sit back with this unprecedented amount of industrial action growing, because it's half a million today," he told Sky News."Next week, we have paramedics, and we have nurses, then will be the firefighters," he added, warning that unions were prepared to strike throughout the summer.Asked what Prime Minister Sunak was doing to resolve the strikes, his official spokesman said inflation remained the "biggest risk" to pay packets and that the government was ready to hold more talks with unions to avert further strike action.But he said ministers had to balance union demands with the need not to further fuel inflation and be fair to all taxpayers.- Nationwide rallies -The latest official data shows 1.6 million working days were lost from June-November last year because of strikes -- the highest six-month total in more than three decades -- according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).A total of 467,000 working days were lost to walkouts in November alone, the highest level since 2011, the ONS added.Alongside the strikes, unions also staged rallies across the country against the Conservative government's plans to legislate against public sector strike action.burs/har/am/kjm
Emmanuel Macron has reportedly ordered his government to stand firm and “man the front lines” as strikes against the pension age increase swept the country.