There are some suspicions of arson but with temperatures very high and still, yesterday we had the highest july temperature ever, 47 degrees in one of the valleys so it s extremely unusual, temperatures may be not reaching so high today but very high again and try and that is the problem. again and try and that is the problem- again and try and that is the roblem. ., ~ i. ., problem. alison, thank you for u ”datin problem. alison, thank you for updating us- thousands of rail workers in the uk will go on strike again in the coming weeks. in addition to a day of strike action on the 27thjuly, the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union is warning of a summer of discontent as workers are being made to
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There have been strikes on the railways and more have been announced later this month and in august, too. they have been threatened in the skies and across public services as employers, including the government, decide on pay rises that fall short of the current very high rate of inflation. the unions are hitting back, so says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. before, people turned around to workers and said to workers not only have you gone out and defended the pandemic because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that now, it s over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorrent to me. the idea that we d said out you go, you defend what s going on out there and, by the way, now you re back, and everyone knows it s ok to go out again, we re going to slash your pay. in the main, the companies that we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making profits, and those companies now need to make sure that workers get a piece of th
Pay rise including bbc employees and they are not getting one and that s why people are getting poorer while they are doing full time work and working overtime. members of many other workers in this country are using food banks and taking state benefits while working full time jobs. it s not acceptable. if you don t get a pay rise matching the rate of inflation you are getting poorer year on year and that s been happening to many public sector workers for the last 12 years so i want a pay rise for everyone in this country and this economy. what is happening is the rich are getting richer, profits are being maintained and even accelerated while workers are getting poorer and that cannot continue. we need a rebalance of wealth in this society and that is what we are campaigning for and we are part of a whole movement that i believe will be campaigning for that and that means all workers need to keep up with where prices are going. you ve made new dates, announced new dates for strikes, t