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21-12-2022, 05:19 PM
By Rob Picheta, CNN
Updated 3:28 AM EST, Wed December 21, 2022
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As the Christmas holidays approach, railway workers have brought the transport network to a standstill. Border Force staff are preparing to walk out. Postal workers, bus drivers and civil servants are either in the middle of strike action or threatening to strike.
This week, nurses staged their biggest walkout in decades. And on Wednesday, ambulance drivers are on strike in many parts of England, in a particularly bitter dispute that will bring further turmoil to an already ravaged public health system.
A collection of individual disputes in various sectors have coalesced into a broader sense that something has gone very wrong in Britain, with workers saying that their pay, conditions and ability to provide essential services have been compromised by years of cuts and underinvestment.
How have things got to such a nadir?
Much much better to read the full report at: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/21/uk/uk...index.html
Updated 3:28 AM EST, Wed December 21, 2022
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As the Christmas holidays approach, railway workers have brought the transport network to a standstill. Border Force staff are preparing to walk out. Postal workers, bus drivers and civil servants are either in the middle of strike action or threatening to strike.
This week, nurses staged their biggest walkout in decades. And on Wednesday, ambulance drivers are on strike in many parts of England, in a particularly bitter dispute that will bring further turmoil to an already ravaged public health system.
A collection of individual disputes in various sectors have coalesced into a broader sense that something has gone very wrong in Britain, with workers saying that their pay, conditions and ability to provide essential services have been compromised by years of cuts and underinvestment.
How have things got to such a nadir?
Much much better to read the full report at: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/21/uk/uk...index.html
