2023-09-25 13:04:01
Piles of rubbish in London (Miriam Burrell)
British media are reporting expectations that the number of canceled health care appointments in Britain due to strikes will exceed one million.
The strike began in December 2022, with the official number of 885,154 inpatient and outpatient appointments and operations cancelled, according to Britain’s National Health Service.
Junior doctors are demanding a 35% pay rise, and are threatening to continue the strike until the government makes a “credible offer” to the British Medical Association for its members, as a result of high inflation in the country.
The number of NHS appointments cancelled because of strikes in England is expected to surpass one million.
Industrial action began in December 2022, with the official number of inpatient and outpatient appointments and operations cancelled at 885,154, according to NHS England. pic.twitter.com/1ddXreN0yi
— London Live (@LondonLive) September 25, 2023
Meanwhile, hundreds of municipal council workers in the cities of Haringey and Southwark announced their strike over wages, while the unions are demanding a wage increase of at least 5%, while the councils say they can only afford 1%.
More than 200 Tower Hamlets Council workers have gone on strike, just four days into a four-week strike, after rejecting the national local government’s pay offer of a fixed £1,925 rise.
As a form of sarcasm, traders in an East London market named a pile of rubbish “Mount Everest” in reference to its large size, as a strike by cleaners left piles of rubbish waiting to be removed.
Hundreds of workers in Haringey & Southwark on strike over pay. Unions demand a pay rise of at least 5%. Councils say they can only afford 1%. #PayRise #FairWage #WorkersRights
— London Briefly (@LondonUK_b) September 25, 2023
The British Army had expressed its readiness to replace the Metropolitan Police if necessary, after a number of armed London police officers decided to abandon carrying their weapons, following a murder charge against a policeman who shot and killed a young black man a year ago.
The Metropolitan Police strike highlighted the fact that London is a city so violent that the army had to be called in when the police stopped carrying weapons, a reminder that the real problem is gangs.
Tube strikes called for two dates in October – The Independent #London #Transit #TFL #Transportation
— MyTransit London (@MyTransitLondon) September 25, 2023
The metro workers’ strike exacerbates the suffering of Londoners, especially as it coincides with the train workers’ strikes scheduled for October 4 and 6.
The metro workers are going on strike due to their safety concerns, especially after 600 workers were laid off last year, and the current workers repeatedly complain about the small number of them and the increase in their tasks.
It is noteworthy that strikes have doubled in the United Kingdom due to low wages in several sectors in recent months, affected by the highest rate of inflation in the Group of Seven, and this was especially evident in airports and among postal and railway workers and health care service providers.
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