If progress is not made in negotiations by the end of January, February will see the most widespread strike so far by National Health Service (NHS) nursing staff, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Around 100,000 British civil servants have announced plans to strike on February 1, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has announced, in an escalation of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
It took months to arrange, but only hours to fail. Negotiations between unions and the UK Government aimed at working out pay deals to prevent another wave of public sector disruptions.
This Christmas is not a time for cheers and festivities for many in the US, with the hunger crisis affecting US households, food Insecurity is already a critical problem affecting millions of Americans.