Summer of strikes: Barristers to walkout in row over legal aid funding
The strikes are all about wages, which have fallen relative to inflation in recent months.The Bank of England expects inflation to hit 11 per cent by the end of the year.RMT union boss Mick Lynch said on Saturday: "There are going to be many unions balloting across the country, because people can't take it anymore."Thousand of people took to London's streets over the weekend to demand fair pay in the face of the worsening cost of living crisis.
Demonstrators carried banners reading "cut war not welfare" and "end fuel poverty, insulate homes now".This week will see Britain's biggest rail strikes in 30 years as staff walk out up and down the country. Workers are set to strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday this week, with more than 50 per cent of the rail network shut.
The RMT said workers are striking as Network Rail is lining up 2,500 job cuts in rail maintenance, and they are striking over a pay freeze, demanding an increase in line with inflation.
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