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It may be a summer of discontent brewing in the UK and the European continent. With raging inflation, traditional union powers are gearing up to respond and demand higher wages for their workers.
Britain is in the midst of a snarling traffic catastrophe as the nation is hit by strikes. Around 40,000 rail staff are demanding a 7% pay rise. Amid the ongoing rail strike, only 20% of the train services are running. RMT union said that talks are underway, but further strikes are possible. See this in the video report below. Striking rail workers are asking for a 7% pay rise, despite CPI inflation at 9.1% and RPI at 11.7%. , But they are only being offered 3% by the Department for Transport (DfT). NHS workers and teachers have also threatened to walk out if the government doesn’t up their pay deals.
The French want to get in on the act as well. French rail unions have called for a national day of strike action to demand wage increases. The national rail strike is planned for Wednesday, July 6th, the day before French schools break up for the summer.
Three of the biggest rail unions – CFDT, Sud-Rail, and CGT – have joined the strike call, while a fourth, Unsa, is set to announce whether it will join next week. They are demanding wage increases to help their members cope with the cost of living crisis, saying: “Railway workers are being hit hard, and are suffering a clear and sharp decline in their purchasing power.
Labor strikes will be European-wide as major airlines are set to get hit by labor actions as well. Trade unions in Europe that represent employees of the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair “are calling on flight attendants … to stop working” at the end of June and early […]
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