after a walk out at bt. here s how the union praised that agreement to its members. months of but such victories come at a cost. the general public has faced months of disruption, with unions targeting the busiest periods to strike and co ordinating their action with other unions. border force staff at the uk 5 l bu5ie5t airport5 announce eight days of strike action. this is a country right now where receiving a letter, catching a train, getting a driving test, even being collected by an ambulance or seeing a nurse might not happen. 124 different government departments, people who work in job centres, in tax office5, - in the department for transport, culture, in museums and galleries.
workers are experiencing the deepest and longest wage squeeze in 200 years. the cost of living crisis, energy prices soaring, the cost of fuel and household goods and food. people are on their knees and they re saying, we need more. we need a fair pay rise. inflation hit 11% as the latest wave of strikes began. the institute for fiscal studies estimates the cost of raising pay to match that across the whole of the public sector would be £18 billion. the government says that increase is unaffordable and would make inflation worse. we need to make sure that in the round, the decisions that we take don t have big economic impacts, both in terms of causing an inflationary 5piral, in terms of other wage ri5e5 a5ked by other people in the economy. also, putting money into the economy, it causes prices to go yet higher. and that s why these are very,
and there was a pay deal worth up to 16% for members of the cwu union after a walk out at bt. here s how the union praised that agreement to its members. but such victories come at a cost. the general public has faced months of disruption, with unions targeting the busiest periods to strike and co ordinating their action with other unions. border force staff at the uk 5 l bu5ie5t airport5 announce eight days of strike action. this is a country right now where receiving a letter, catching a train, getting a driving test, even being collected by an ambulance or seeing a nurse might not happen. 124 different government departments, people who work in job
we want 10%! workers are experiencing the deepest and longest wage squeeze in 200 years. the cost of living crisis, energy prices soaring, the cost of fuel and household goods and food. people are on their knees and they re saying, we need more. we need a fair pay rise. inflation hit 11% as the latest wave of strikes began. the institute for fiscal studies estimates the cost of raising pay to match that across the whole of the public sector would be £18 billion. the government says that increase is unaffordable and would make inflation worse. we need to make sure that in the round, the decisions that we take don t have big economic impacts, both in terms of causing an inflationary 5piral, in terms of other wage ri5e5 a5ked by other people in the economy. also, putting money
it s about the crisis that s been provided by lack of adequate funding. elsewhere across the economy, it s about the insecure work, it s about attempts to reduce people s pensions and attacks on increasing capitalisation. it is a range of factors. buses insist workers coco demands only can be met if unions and accept the need to modernise a. look at the railways, where many of these issues have been unresolved for generations. if you take the weekend road arrangement, it s always - been depend on overtime. that system has been - argued about 50 years ago, and it s still here today.