INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
More and more workers from different sectors in the United Kingdom are taking industrial action as public anger mounts at low wages in the
take sides with private companies (making record profits) at the expense of workers (struggling with record inflation)
under fire for trying to implement measures that would curb the ability of unions to take action.In the latest and the largest strike action
by train workers on Saturday, commuters were hit as rail services were severely disrupted in the most widespread train drivers protest since
of the RMT union shut down most train services
On Wednesday, millions of travelers were affected as a bitter row between RMT members and privatized rail companies worsened over work
The train company which runs services to sporting venues around Birmingham, the host city of the Games, had no services leaving passengers
scrambling for alternative routes
the RMT and the TSSA, hit out at the government for preventing the privatized industry from offering a pay rise in line with record
He added that many of his members had not received a pay rise since 2019, in essence suffering a pay cut.London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has
the postal sector took action with Royal Mail managers voting to strike in a dispute over job cuts and a redeployment program to bring in
Members belonging to the Unite union in UK overwhelmingly backed walkouts over the dispute, which involved around 2,400 managers across more
shadow transport minister, Sam Tarry, has been sacked for defying orders by the opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer to join a picket
line.Tarry joined workers on a picket line and made several posts on social media, as well as appearing on British media
our economy, leaving millions struggling to pay their bills and provide for their families, made worse by the fact that callous and
country.Further strikes are already planned for the coming weeks
Writing in a Conservative Party-affiliated National newspaper, he set out his plans involving as many as 16 measures
clock back to Victorian times when children were sent up chimneys and working people ruthlessly exploited
Unions are trying to help employees through the worst cost of living crisis in recent history
have walked off the job in the first national telecoms strike since 1987.Hundreds of picket lines have been set up across the UK, according
It is the first of two strikes, with another set to take place on Monday, after members of the union refused a pay rise offer.The CWU said
that the striking workers are from a number of different divisions "they do run all of the maintenance on Britain's broadband services, but
they also work keeping up national infrastructure from the NHS to the Ministry of Defence to mobile phone masts."MP Lavery again expressed
long this government has facilitated the redistribution of wealth from the poor to the rich
