is unbearable, and people from all walks of life in the United Kingdom have embarked on the streets and demanded salaries. Railway workers, postal staff, engineers, journalists, and lawyers have successively joined the ranks of strikers.
waste Overflows from Bins During A strike by workers in edinburgh, scotland, on August 27.
Workers in the United Kingdom Have Had Enough of Falling Living Standards.
British workers have suffered a declined living standard for life. Essence
rail Workers, Journalists, Lawyers, and Postal Workers have on Strike in Recent Weeks to Demand Higher Pay As Inflace The hest level in decades.
has soared to the highest level in the past few decades. In the past few weeks, railway workers, Reporters, lawyers, and postal staff have made strikes to increase their salary.
AT Least 155,000 Workers are Currently on Strike, Including Staff at the Country's Postal Service, and Engineers and Call Workers For Telecom BT (BTGOF). Two Rail Unions on Wednesday Annound FURTHER Strike Action by 14,000 of their Member This Month.
At present, at least 155,000 workers have participated in strikes, including British postal staff, engineer and British telecommunications customer service. On August 31st, the two railway unions announced that 14,000 members would strike later this month.
More Strikes Could Be on the Way This Fall, Threatening Unpreeded Disruption Across A RANGE of Industries, DOCTORS and NU RSES are set to vote on Strike Action in the Coming Weeks. Unite and Unison — The Country's Biggests With 2.7 Million MEMBERS in Total —ARE CALLLING for Others to Join Them in Synchronized Action.
will have more strikes this fall this fall, which may lead to unprecedented chaos in a series of industries. Teachers, doctors and nurses will vote in strike in the next few weeks. Unite and Unison, the two major British unions in the United Kingdom, with a total number of members reached 2.7 million, are calling for more members to join in and take consistent actions.
IT is One of the Most Significant Waves of Inndustric. FLATION PUSHED WORKERS to Stage Mass Walkouts. About 7.9 Million Working Days WEERE LOSTWEEN November 1978 and February 19799979 , According to the Office for National Statistics.
This is one of the worst strikes in the "dissatisfaction winter" of Britain since the end of the 1970s. At that time, malignant inflation forced workers to carry out large -scale strikes. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of the United Kingdom, from November 1978 to February 1979, Britain lost about 7.9 million working days.
SOARING PriceS and Years of Stagnant WAGES Are The Backdrop to This Year's Disputes. 1% in JULY. Forecasters at Citigroup Said Last Week that Inflation Could Shoot Past 18% at the start of next year And Goldman Sachs Thinks It Could Even Hit 22% if Gas PriceS DON'T't Fall Soon.
is behind the strikes of this year is the soaring prices and many years of wages. The inflation level in Britain reached 10.1%in July, a 40 -year high. According to Citi Group experts predicted last week, the inflation rate may exceed 18%at the beginning of next year. Goldman Sachs Group believes that if oil prices do not fall in the short term, the inflation rate may even be as high as 22%.
Workers are avging the strain. AVERAGE Real Wages, Which Account for Inflation, Fell by 3% Between April and June, Compared with The Same Period L AST Year. That was the biggest her to spending power in more than 20 years. Incream in the decade to 2020.
workers have already felt the heavy pressure of life. The average actual salary , which reflects the level of inflation, decreased by 3%from April to June. This is the biggest blow to purchasing power over 20 years. In the ten years before 2020, the actual salary has almost never risen.
AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD ENERGY BILLS — Which Have Alream Risen 54% This Year — Are Set to Increase by Another 80% to £ 3,549 ($ 4,124) in October. Ording to Estimates by Auxilione, A Research Firm, Average Bills Could Hit £ 7,700 ($ 8,949 ) Next April -Equivalent To A £ 642 ($ 746) Monthly Bill.
has increased by 54%in the British family this year, and it will rise by 80%in October to 3,549 pounds (about 28,220 yuan). According to Auxilione estimates, by April next year, the average energy expenditure of British families will reach £ 7,700, equivalent to 642 pounds per month.
THE United Kingdom has "NEVER Seen [this] level of discuption across all sectors," Chiara Benassi, an associate propessor in Relations at king's College London, TOLD CNN Business.
King College of London · Benasi told Cable Television News Network Business Channel that Britain "has a chaotic situation in various industries that has never appeared in this extent."
in Recent Months, The Cost-OF-Living Crisis Has ACTED As a "Trigger" for WideSpream Grievances that has Building Up Over Periodings, she Said.
She pointed A "fuse" that has accumulated for a long time.
"The STRIKES AFFFECT Not only [What] We will say [are] Manual Occupations or Low-Skilled jobs that more evidence well the COST-OF. -living crisis, but also highly-skilled jobs like junior doctors, british telecom engineers , Barristers, Academics, Teachers, "Benassi Said.
Benasi said:" These strikes not only affect our so -called physical labor or low skills (people engaged in these occupations are obviously more likely to fall into the crisis of life costs), but also affect the intern doctor. , British Telecom engineer, lawyer, scholar and teacher and other high -skilled occupations. 0 Years. TheRe Was Also One UNEMPLOYED Person For Every job vacation -A Record Low.
British National Bureau of Statistics shows that the UK's unemployment rate is 3.8%from April to June this year, the lowest level in more than 50 years. The proportion of job vacancies to the unemployed is 1: 1, which is also a low value in history.
"It Means That Many Workers are in work and they are in a good position to ask for [a pay] Increase. Manula Galetto, Associate Professor of Employment Relations at the UNIVERSITY of Warwick's Business School.
Auxiliary Professor Manura Garlerto said: "This means that many workers have jobs and they are at a favorable position for salary increases. Will not be easily replaced.
