Wages in UK next year to be at their lowest level since 2006
1 year, 11 months ago

Wages in UK next year to be at their lowest level since 2006

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The report confirms that wages have stagnated in Britain even as inflation hits double digits, sparking the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades New Delhi: The average British worker’s pay in 2023 is expected to fall back to 2006 levels once inflation is taken into account. The report further confirms that wages have stagnated in Britain even as inflation hits double digits, sparking the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. UK has been hit by a wave of strikes After a 48-hour strike by rail workers which lasted till 14 December, nurses across the UK have walked out demanding higher pay amid soaring inflation. What is the UK govt saying The UK recorded the highest number of working days lost due to labour strikes in October in more than a decade, Reuters reported citing Office for National Statistics data.

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UK's unemployment rate notches up
1 month, 1 week ago

UK's unemployment rate notches up

China Daily  

Workers cross London Bridge, with the City of London financial district seen behind, during the morning rush-hour in London, Britain, Jan 4, 2022. "These figures come against a backdrop of rising concern about spiraling employment costs, which are set to increase following last month's national insurance contributions rise, the employment rights bill, and the latest increase in the national living …

Rail strikes chaos brings Britain's creaking train lines to a halt - with commuters battling rush-hour travel hell as militant union stages fresh wave of walkouts amid pay row
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rail strikes chaos brings Britain's creaking train lines to a halt - with commuters battling rush-hour travel hell as militant union stages fresh wave of walkouts amid pay row

Daily Mail  

Commuters are facing rush-hour travel hell today as rail services on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country will be hit by fresh strikes in long-running pay dispute. Greater Anglia Most routes will have no service on Tuesday, but there will be a reduced service on a small number of key routes into London for fewer hours of …

Relief for Brits as wages outstrip inflation by biggest margin since 2021 despite signs jobs market is weakening… but inactivity crisis deepens
8 months, 1 week ago

Relief for Brits as wages outstrip inflation by biggest margin since 2021 despite signs jobs market is weakening… but inactivity crisis deepens

Daily Mail  

Brits have been offered some much-needed relief as figures showed wages outstripping inflation by the biggest margin in two and a half years. Regular pay rose by 2.1 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the three months to February. The Office for National Statistics said the jobless rate jumped to 4.2 per cent in the three months to February …

Northern Ireland sees biggest strike in years as workers walk out over pay and political deadlock
11 months ago

Northern Ireland sees biggest strike in years as workers walk out over pay and political deadlock

Associated Press  

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Tens of thousands of public sector workers walked off the job across Northern Ireland on Thursday to protest political deadlock that has left them without pay increases, and the region without a functioning government. The 24-hour strike by about 150,000 teachers, nurses, bus drivers and others is the biggest walkout in years in Northern Ireland, which …

NHS strikes: What ails UK health service? Doctors’ protests or budget cuts?
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS strikes: What ails UK health service? Doctors’ protests or budget cuts?

Al Jazeera  

UK doctors have begun a 72-hour strike to demand pay rise and better working conditions amid cost of living crisis. Consultants and junior doctors – who form 80 percent of hospital doctors – began the 72-hour strike at 7am on Monday, as the ruling Conservative Party convened for its annual meeting in Manchester. Last year, junior doctors were offered an …

UK government offers millions of public sector workers pay hikes to end strikes
1 year, 5 months ago

UK government offers millions of public sector workers pay hikes to end strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government offered millions of public sector workers pay raises Thursday in a bid to end an array of strikes that have crippled trains, health care and other services for more than a year amid the biggest cost-of-living crisis in generations. On the day that tens of thousands of doctors in Britain’s state-funded health service launched a …

UK: Woes of Sunak soars as over 10k doctors start longest-ever strike over pay issues I Check how to avail NHS
1 year, 5 months ago

UK: Woes of Sunak soars as over 10k doctors start longest-ever strike over pay issues I Check how to avail NHS

India TV News  

The woes of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are only going to soar as over ten thousand doctors started their "longest-ever strike" over pay issues. The British Medical Association, the doctors' union, has asked for a 35% pay rise to bring junior doctors' pay back to 2008 levels once inflation is taken into account. “This five-day walkout by junior doctors …

UK jobs market falters as unemployment rate rises and company payrolls shrink
1 year, 7 months ago

UK jobs market falters as unemployment rate rises and company payrolls shrink

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In another sign of a flagging jobs market, the …

UK junior doctors begin 4-day strike, seeking hefty pay hike
1 year, 8 months ago

UK junior doctors begin 4-day strike, seeking hefty pay hike

Associated Press  

LONDON — Tens of thousands of doctors walked off the job across England on Tuesday, kicking off a four-day strike billed as the most disruptive in the history of the U.K.’s public health service. Picket lines formed outside major hospitals and hundreds of doctors marched past the prime minister’s 10 Downing St. residence to Parliament, chanting “We are off to …

Fears of ‘unparalleled’ disruption as UK junior doctors strike
1 year, 8 months ago

Fears of ‘unparalleled’ disruption as UK junior doctors strike

Al Jazeera  

Up to a quarter of a million appointments could be postponed in the longest stoppage of the wave of unrest in the UK. Junior doctors across England have launched a four-day strike over pay that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the health service, leaving up to a quarter of a million appointments postponed. The BMA has said the …

U.K. workers plan mass strike at end of April: union
1 year, 8 months ago

U.K. workers plan mass strike at end of April: union

The Hindu  

The U.K. faces a day of mass strike action by civil servants and public workers in late April, a union has announced, which will follow a month of sector-wide walkouts. Millions of British people are suffering a cost-of-living crisis as stubbornly-high inflation erodes the value of wages, triggering huge industrial action as workers battle for significant pay increases. The union …

Nurses, paramedics reach pay deal to end England strikes
1 year, 9 months ago

Nurses, paramedics reach pay deal to end England strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Unions representing more than a million health care workers in England, including nurses and paramedics — but not doctors — reached a deal Thursday to resolve months of disruptive strikes for higher wages. “Today’s agreement demonstrates we are serious about this and we can find workable solutions.” But the head of the Royal College of Nursing, one of …

UK govt, health unions agree pay deal in bid to end NHS strikes
1 year, 9 months ago

UK govt, health unions agree pay deal in bid to end NHS strikes

Firstpost  

London: The UK government and unions representing various health workers in England said Thursday they have agreed a deal to increase pay by 5 percent in the next financial year, potentially ending damaging strikes. The package, impacting around one million National Health Service staff, will also include a further 2.0 per cent rise to this year’s salaries and a one-off …

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day
1 year, 9 months ago

Half a million workers to strike on UK Chancellor’s Budget Day

Live Mint  

About half a million British workers are striking on Wednesday as unions stage a mass walkout timed to disrupt Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s annual budget. “When the Chancellor leaves Downing Street to go to Parliament to deliver the budget, he will see picket lines outside the Cabinet Office and various government departments that are on strike,” said Mark …

UK: Tens of thousands of doctors kick off 3-day strike
1 year, 9 months ago

UK: Tens of thousands of doctors kick off 3-day strike

Associated Press  

LONDON — Tens of thousands of junior doctors went on strike across England on Monday to demand better pay, kicking off three days of widespread disruption at the U.K.'s state-funded hospitals and health clinics. The British Medical Association, the doctors’ trade union, says pay for junior doctors has fallen 26% in real terms since 2008, while workload and patient waiting …

UK protest backs health staff as doctors prepare to strike
1 year, 9 months ago

UK protest backs health staff as doctors prepare to strike

Associated Press  

LONDON — Thousands of protesters marched through London to the British prime minister’s residence on Saturday to support health care workers who have held a series of strikes over pay and conditions in the state-funded National Health Service. NHS England said the doctors’ strike would be even more disruptive than recent walkouts by nurses and ambulance staff. As well as …

UK strikes hit a 30-year high as inflation erodes pay
1 year, 10 months ago

UK strikes hit a 30-year high as inflation erodes pay

CNN  

London CNN — The United Kingdom lost more working days to strikes in 2022 than in any year since 1989, as employees walked out in large numbers over pay amid soaring living costs. Real pay falls The UK government has so far refused to grant public sector workers higher pay awards, arguing that doing so risks making the inflation problem …

UK nurses, ambulance crews strike, straining health system
1 year, 10 months ago

UK nurses, ambulance crews strike, straining health system

Associated Press  

LONDON — Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff walked off the job in the U.K. on Monday in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country’s public health system. The walkout is the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons’ lives for months, as workers — especially in the public sector …

British workers stage largest strike in history of health service
1 year, 10 months ago

British workers stage largest strike in history of health service

Deccan Chronicle  

LONDON: Health workers in Britain began their largest strike on Monday, as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute, putting further strain on the state-run National Health Service. Nurses and ambulance workers have been striking separately on and off since late last year but Monday's walkout involving both, largely in England, is …

Day of disruption in U.K. as hundreds of thousands join strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in U.K. as hundreds of thousands join strike

The Hindu  

Thousands of schools in the U.K. closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports on the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade, as unions stepped up pressure on the government Wednesday to provide better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. Union bosses argue that despite …

Day of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike

Associated Press  

LONDON — Thousands of schools in the U.K. closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports on the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade, as unions stepped up pressure on the government Wednesday to provide better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. Union bosses argue …

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike
1 year, 10 months ago

Day of disruption in Britain as up to half a million workers go on strike

LA Times  

Teachers march in protest in London, joining hundreds of thousands of workers who went on strike Wednesday. Thousands of schools closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports Wednesday in what was shaping up to be Britain’s biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade, as unions stepped up …

The true impact of strikes in Britain revealed – £6bn and counting
1 year, 11 months ago

The true impact of strikes in Britain revealed – £6bn and counting

The Independent  

The government has been warned about the crippling impact of the ongoing industrial unrest as analysis suggests recent strikes have caused a £6bn hit to the economy. The government is also facing possible industrial action from ambulance staff, train drivers, postal workers, firefighters, Border Force officials, jobcentre staff and other civil servants. The Public and Commercial Services union is expecting …

U.K. nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies
1 year, 11 months ago

U.K. nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies

The Hindu  

Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the UK's overburdened public health system. “Nursing students don't want to be nurses, experienced nurses are leaving, there will be no-one left and I don't blame them, but I can't imagine …

UK nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies
1 year, 11 months ago

UK nurses stage new walkout as strike wave intensifies

Associated Press  

LONDON — Thousands of nurses in Britain walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the U.K.‘s overburdened public health system. “Nursing students don’t want to be nurses, experienced nurses are leaving, there will be no-one left and I don’t blame them, but I …

Strikes UK latest news: Steve Barclay says ‘patients will pay the price’ as nurses prepare to walk out
1 year, 11 months ago

Strikes UK latest news: Steve Barclay says ‘patients will pay the price’ as nurses prepare to walk out

The Independent  

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Worst strike chaos in 30 years even as Britain bags a pay rise
1 year, 11 months ago

Worst strike chaos in 30 years even as Britain bags a pay rise

The Telegraph  

The Government's anti-strike legislation has cleared its first hurdle in Parliament after MPs voted 309 to 249, majority 60, to give the Bill a second reading. "There comes a time when we can't let this continue and that is why we need minimum safety and service levels – to keep livelihoods and lives safe, and it's frankly irresponsible, even surprising, …

UK government meets unions but fails to end wave of strikes
1 year, 11 months ago

UK government meets unions but fails to end wave of strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — U.K. government ministers met trade union leaders on Monday but fell short of ending a wave of strikes that has hobbled the rail network and strained the overburdened health system. However Onay Kasab, negotiator for the Unite union, said the talks had been a “missed opportunity.” Unions said strikes by nurses and ambulance staff planned for this month …

UK govt urges unions to end strikes, vows to curb walkouts
1 year, 11 months ago

UK govt urges unions to end strikes, vows to curb walkouts

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government on Thursday dangled the prospect of public-sector pay hikes next year in an attempt to end strikes by nurses and ambulance staff that have piled pressure on an already overburdened health system. The government invited union leaders for talks on 2023-24 pay rates and promised a “cooperative spirit” – while also saying it will introduce …

Strike-hit U.K. faces first rail stoppage of 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Strike-hit U.K. faces first rail stoppage of 2023

The Hindu  

The U.K. rail staff disrupted the New Year return to work on Tuesday in the latest strike action by workers in a range of sectors over the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. "The trade unions decided they wanted to go on strike this week, which is deeply unhelpful, damages the rail industry, damages the interests of the people that …

UK trains disrupted again as workers stage fresh strikes
1 year, 11 months ago

UK trains disrupted again as workers stage fresh strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Commuters returning to work on Tuesday after the Christmas break were advised not to travel as tens of thousands of British rail workers stage a fresh round of strikes that will disrupt services all week. Transport Secretary Mark Harper urged union leaders to come to the negotiating table and said the government has offered a “very fair pay …

UK strikes and crumbling health service add troubles to Rishi Sunak government
1 year, 11 months ago

UK strikes and crumbling health service add troubles to Rishi Sunak government

Hindustan Times  

British rail workers will walk off the job much of this week, paralyzing transport and adding to the troubles piling up for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government. “We’re not going back to the 1970s where the trade union barons thought that they ran the government,” Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said last week. “We’re increasing the NHS capacity by the equivalent …

UK rail workers resume strike action as negotiations stall again
1 year, 11 months ago

UK rail workers resume strike action as negotiations stall again

Al Jazeera  

More sectors to join industrial action later this month as workers demand a living wage that allows them to cope with surging inflation. Railway workers across the UK have launched strikes, accusing the government of blocking rail operators from offering an acceptable proposal on job security, pay and working conditions. The government has said it cannot afford to give public …

Who is striking this winter and why?
1 year, 11 months ago

Who is striking this winter and why?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The CWU argues that Royal Mail workers had a below-inflation …

UK Worker Strikes: Sunak Says Govt Open for Talks but Unions Disagree
2 years ago

UK Worker Strikes: Sunak Says Govt Open for Talks but Unions Disagree

News 18  

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his disappointment on Friday over the recent strikes that threaten to disrupt the Christmas season. Speaking to news outlet Sky, he admitted that the public sector pay issue was a ‘difficult’ question for his government but he insisted that the actions taken by his government were ‘fair.’ “The government has acted fairly and reasonably …

Britain’s health workers announce more strikes for 2023
2 years ago

Britain’s health workers announce more strikes for 2023

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is ‘sad’ and ‘disappointed’ about widespread strikes but refuses to negotiate. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters he is “sad” and “disappointed” about widespread strikes, but he insisted that refusing to negotiate on public sector pay was the “right thing” in the long term. “I do not wish to prolong this dispute, but the …

NHS braced for ‘worst’ chaos ahead as strike knock-on effect hits hospitals
2 years ago

NHS braced for ‘worst’ chaos ahead as strike knock-on effect hits hospitals

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Senior health figures have said the “fallout from strike action is likely to spill over …

Britons urged to avoid risky activity as paramedics join strikes. How did things get so bad?
2 years ago

Britons urged to avoid risky activity as paramedics join strikes. How did things get so bad?

CNN  

London CNN — Another day, another round of strikes in Britain. And Britain’s public sector workers in particular are bearing the brunt; average pay growth in the private sector was 6.9% in the middle of 2022, compared to 2.7% for the public sector – the ONS said this gulf is “among the largest differences between the private sector and public …

Government to blame for ‘tragic’ NHS strike, says union boss as nurses start walkout
2 years ago

Government to blame for ‘tragic’ NHS strike, says union boss as nurses start walkout

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak’s government is to blame for the “tragic” strike hitting …

U.K. nurses join wave of strike action to demand better pay
2 years ago

U.K. nurses join wave of strike action to demand better pay

The Hindu  

Thousands of nurses walked off their jobs in England on Thursday, escalating a wave of industrial unrest in the U.K. this month as ambulance and postal workers, bus drivers and airport baggage handlers all stage strikes to demand better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis. Emergency hospital care will continue as normal, and nurses will still staff chemotherapy and neonatal and …

‘Winter of Discontent’: Why UK has been hit by a wave of strikes
2 years ago

‘Winter of Discontent’: Why UK has been hit by a wave of strikes

Firstpost  

In its first-ever national walkout, National Health Service staff staged strikes across the country today. After a 48-hour strike by rail workers which lasted till Wednesday, now nurses across the UK have walked out demanding higher pay amid soaring inflation. Rail services hit The Rail, Maritime and Transport, the UK’s biggest rail union, has organised strikes over the holiday season …

British nurses launch historic strike, as pay and staffing crises threaten the NHS
2 years ago

British nurses launch historic strike, as pay and staffing crises threaten the NHS

CNN  

London CNN — Nurses across much of the UK launched a historic strike on Thursday, as they walked out of hospitals and onto picket lines after several years of falling pay and declining standards left the country’s nationalized health care system in a state of crisis. “The NHS has been running on the compassion and goodwill of nurses for years …

Rail workers walk off job to start month of UK strikes
2 years ago

Rail workers walk off job to start month of UK strikes

Associated Press  

LONDON — Railroad workers across England walked off the job Tuesday, disrupting trains throughout the U.K. and starting what is expected to be a month of strikes by public service workers demanding higher pay as soaring inflation erodes living standards. The strikes come after unions rejected the latest offer on pay and working conditions from Network Rail, which runs the …

Farrukh Dhondy | Will a wave of strikes in UK take the joy out of Christmas?
2 years ago

Farrukh Dhondy | Will a wave of strikes in UK take the joy out of Christmas?

Deccan Chronicle  

“O Bachchoo, can sin be disguised as virtue, Or virtue wear the purdah of sin? The next lines of the verse whose first line’s words are “Christmas is coming…” are “Please put a penny in the old man’s hat? The ambulance workers’ union have said they will make provision during the strike for life and death emergencies and the government …

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave
2 years ago

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Wednesday threatened “tough” action to curb strikes, as airport passport officers became the latest public sector workers to announce December walkouts. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he was considering more “tough new laws.” “If the union leaders continue to be unreasonable, then it is my duty to take action to protect the …

Nurses’ pay demands are unreasonable and unaffordable, says Steve Barclay
2 years, 1 month ago

Nurses’ pay demands are unreasonable and unaffordable, says Steve Barclay

The Telegraph  

Last month the Office for National Statistics reported average annual wage growth in the UK was six per cent, while inflation hit 10.1 per cent. Mr Barclay said nurses had received a pay rise of three per cent last year when public sector pay was frozen, and warned another substantial rise would contribute to inflation in the wider economy. Unite …

Explained | The upcoming nurses’ strike in the U.K.
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | The upcoming nurses’ strike in the U.K.

The Hindu  

The story so far: Nurses in England, Scotland, and Wales on Tuesday voted to go on strike in what is being called the biggest industrial action in the 106-year history of the Royal College of Nursing. After months of negotiations, discussions, and demands, the U.K. government announced a pay rise of at least £1,400 to National Health Service employees in …

‘Enough’: Nurses in UK to go on strike for first time in history
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Enough’: Nurses in UK to go on strike for first time in history

Al Jazeera  

More than 300,000 union members will walk out over pay, adding to pressure on the country’s health system. “Anger has become action – our members are saying enough is enough,” RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen said in a statement. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson told reporters earlier on Wednesday the government wanted to strike a balance between the “crucial role” …

Fears for Christmas travel chaos at airports and ports as UK Border Force staff vote to strike
2 years, 1 month ago

Fears for Christmas travel chaos at airports and ports as UK Border Force staff vote to strike

Daily Mail  

Brits are facing Christmas travel misery as thousands of UK Border Force workers are set to strike in a dispute over pay - raising yet more fears of a winter of discontent due to industrial action sweeping the country. Brits are facing Christmas travel misery as thousands of UK Border Force workers threaten to strike in a dispute over pay …

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