A wave of strikes and protests called United Kingdom since the beginning of the year very far. It was Wednesday train engineers carrying out new strikes in England to claim better working conditions This offsets the loss of purchasing power from high inflation. Other professionals from the rail industry will join the train drivers’ protests this Friday. medical assistants collected by the National Health Service (NHS) three-day strike mid june
mass strikes in sectors such as education, health And public transport has had a significant impact in recent months. something the government does Rishi Altar trying to reverse the proposal Salary increase public employees and in some cases managed to solve it. offer extraordinary payments this year and 5% increase Convinced some of the salaries in 2024 sanitary unions In the UK, although there are others such as representing nursesThey continue to demand better conditions and new mobilizations are being considered.
railway stops
In the case of rail transportstrike of train drivers called by ASLEF union —representing more than 90 percent of all workers — led to: paralysis your service this wednesday parent companies number of trains in the country. Some strikes expected to take place on Saturday thousands of fans moved to London to join football FA Cup finalManchester United will face Manchester City. The strike of nearly 20,000 workers RMT unionincluding catering workers and station staff will reduce the frequency Number of trains this Friday.
Employees in the industry at work full negotiations with employers represented by Rail Supply Group (RDG), offered 4% salary increase every year for two years. However, unions see the proposals as insufficient for now, as they say they have not compensated for the high inflation experienced in recent months. kept above 10% until April. “The government is preventing the RDG from making a better offer that we can consider. We must insist on a strike to reach an agreement. improve businesswages and conditions,” said Mick Lynch, RMT General Secretary.
medical assistants
Another union that is in full negotiation to improve its conditions is British Medical Association (BMS) has been struggling for months to raise salaries. medical assistants. Teen toilets seek compensation from the Government loss of wages Suffering since 2008 — these are measured as: 26%— In increments of up to 35%. A request that is far from what the Minister of Health presents, Steve Barclaywho has proposed 5% increase. “The government’s proposal to raise salaries by 5% is an insult to doctors residing in the UK,” the union said on Twitter last week. 14 and 17 June.
HE NHS chief medical officer In England, Stephen Powis assured that these cuts would be “one of the most damaging events” in the history of healthcare and would mean “one”.unprecedented turmoilhas been planned. 350,000 queries and non-emergency operations. deferred as a result of the strike.
new law
led to social unrest State Sunak’s submission of a law limiting the rights of strikers and empowering the Executive, among other measures set minimum services and includes the possibility lay off workers Publicly available in case they don’t comply with the same services. The norm is fully worked out in parliament and is still subject to change, but has already put the unions in a state of war, describing it as “”.undemocratic“to”illegal“.