Turning to food banks. Taking up second jobs. Applying for jobs abroad.
These are just some of the lengths that nurses, paramedics and thousands of public sector workers say they’re being driven to as they walk out of their jobs this week in the latest chapter of 2022’s winter of discontent. December will be the worst month for strikes in more than a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics, with more than a million working days expected to be lost this month alone.
