New UK train strike: There will be no service for 48 hours due to a fare claim

ASLEF general secretary Mick Whelan stands with other union members on a picket line outside Euston station during the strike in London, Britain January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

the British railway sector Resume on Friday 48 hour strike in demand Salary improvementswhile those responsible for administering driving tests are also out of work in some parts of the UK.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, the most important in the rail sector, joined in this strong measure, which caused Annoyed thousands of people who use this mode of transportation.

The railway sector has already gone on strike this week. train company railway network You just appreciate it twenty% Train services will run on Friday, so the advice from the authorities is not to travel unless it is “absolutely necessary”.

The railway sector requires an increase in wages 7%but Network Rail only offered a 5%under the inflation index, which exceeds 10%.

A person sits in a waiting room inside Euston station, as railway workers strike members of the ASLEF union in London, Britain, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
A person sits in a waiting room inside Euston station, as railway workers strike members of the ASLEF union in London, Britain, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Some of those responsible for administering driving tests in London, the southeast and southwest England and Wales went on strike on Friday to demand better wages.

These strikes, which have been joined by other sectors in recent weeks, have caused an attack crisis in the UKwithout prospects for a solution at the present time.

This wave of strikes could last for a year, with neither side willing to back down, a union leader said on Thursday, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the prime minister. Rishi Sunak.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his first major national address in 2023 at Belxall Park, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London, Britain, January 4, 2023. STEPHAN ROSSO/POOL via REUTERS
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his first major national address in 2023 at Belxall Park, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, east London, Britain, January 4, 2023. STEPHAN ROSSO/POOL via REUTERS

A day after Sunak pledged to tackle the country’s woes, railway workers have re-sitned a week-long strike that paralyzed the network, as daily reports document. Increased pressure on hospitalswhere patients routinely wait for hours and ambulances line up in car parks.

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This is the worst episode of labor unrest since then Margaret Thatcher He was in power in the 1980s, along with the return of A.J Double digit inflationto a sense of unease in Britain, where the standard of living is falling at its highest rate since records began in the 1950s.

(With information from EFE and Reuters)

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