The strike wave that first broke out in the UK last summer has now been going on for almost a year, impacting the rail network, Royal Mail, the National Health Service (NHS), the education sectors, local authorities and the civil service. Provoked by the worst cost-of-living crisis in living memory, …
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Tens of thousands of National Health Service (NHS) nurses will strike again Tuesday, after the first such action in British history was taken last Thursday. They will be followed by more than 10,000 ambulance workers Wednesday. Health workers are fighting a massive real-terms pay cut imposed by the Sunak government, …
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Workers in the UK are in a strong position to launch an offensive for improved wages and conditions but are being hamstrung by the trade unions. The Sunday Times admits as much in an April 17 article showing that the British ruling class is acutely aware of the social explosion …
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