A new day of strikes to increase wages began on Thursday United kingdomThousands of medical professionals stopped working for the first time in a decade and train drivers disrupted rail traffic.
The country has been affected by a serious cost of living crisis, for months due to strikes in the health, transportation, education and postal sectors. Workers are calling for increases, in the face of inflation that has fallen, but is still the highest in the G7 countries (7.9% in June).
After the nurses, paramedics and residents, more experienced doctors joined the movement and started a 48-hour strike this Thursday at 07:00 local time (03:00 GMT). Dentists working in hospitals have also stopped working.
After years of austerity and COVID-19Access to the National Health Service (NHS) is becoming increasingly complex. The government has proposed a 6% increase for medical professionals this year. But according to the BMA (British Medical Association), this proposal corresponds to a salary cut in real terms.
The train drivers of the RMT union, who have doubled their strikes for a year, are also complicating commuting during school holidays. Rail Services warned that on Thursday, 22 and 29 July there would be “little or no service over most of the network”. The Aslife union began a strike on July 17 that is set to end on Saturday.
