Business leaders are urging the PM to prioritise talks with unions but the Government has been playing hardball in negotiations
“Walkout Wednesday” is not only the biggest day of strike action for 12 years, it is also likely to beFirst, the cost of lost working days due to more than half a million people going on strike is estimated to be about £68m, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
This figure does not take into account the further costs to the retail and hospitality sectors, which will miss out on the footfall of office workers in their lunch hour and after work. This hit is estimated at around £100m. Business leaders are urging Rishi Sunak to prioritise talks with unions. Throughout the months of strikes, ministers have insisted they cannot agree to increase pay deals for public sector workers.
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