Monday marked the latest walkout in strike-hit Britain, which is reeling from the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. Workers at the UK passport office began a five-week strike.
The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said that the government didn’t treat public sector employees fairly.
In the past few months, the economy of the UK has been affected by a wave of industrial action that affects everyone from rail and ambulance workers to teachers, doctors, and dock workers.
According to the unions, their members have struggled to pay their bills due to a combination of decades of high inflation and stagnant wages.
Clergymen had neglected to “hold any significant discussions” with government employees in spite of exchanges having been opened with associations addressing wellbeing laborers and educators, laptops general secretary Imprint Serwotka said.
They are treating their own employees more badly than any other group. They’ve had a half year to determine this question yet for a very long time have wouldn’t further develop their two percent forced pay rise, and neglected to resolve our individuals’ different issues of concern,” he said.
They appear to believe that our members will leave if they ignore them. However, when 40,000 civil servants use food banks and 45,000 claim benefits they administer themselves, how can our members ignore the cost of living crisis? he added.
Talks about pay, jobs, pensions, and conditions are what the union wants.
With picket lines erected outside of eight locations, the walkout is expected to include over 1,000 PCS civil servants.
Additionally, on April 28, more than 130,000 civil servants are expected to stage a nationwide strike.
Head of the state Rishi Sunak has dismissed requests for large compensation climbs saying they are unreasonably expensive and will fuel expansion.
However, earlier this month, the government of the UK and teaching unions agreed to hold “intensive talks,” a day after health unions announced that they had reached a pay agreement.