Unions are calling on the Government to engage in “meaningful” pay talks amid the wave of strikes sweeping the country.
Border Force staff became the latest workers to announce industrial action over the Christmas period, with nurses, paramedics and postal workers among those already going on strike in the coming weeks. The RMT union said resolution to the ongoing rail dispute is “further away” after late intervention by the Government in talks aimed at resolving the row over pay, jobs and conditions.
In Scotland, members of two teachers’ unions, the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) and the NASUWT, are entering a second day of strike action on Thursday (December 8). Offshore oil workers will also begin two days of strike action over pay and working conditions.
