{"id":2962,"date":"2023-01-09T12:58:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T12:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2023-01-09T12:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T12:58:11","slug":"uk-minister-wants-talks-with-unions-to-end-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/uk-minister-wants-talks-with-unions-to-end-strike\/2023\/01\/09\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"UK minister wants talks with unions to end strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON,<\/span> Jan<\/span> 9<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> British<\/span> ministers<\/span> will<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> trade<\/span> unions<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> to<\/span> end<\/span> a<\/span> wave<\/span> of<\/span> strikes<\/span> in<\/span> everything<\/span> from<\/span> health<\/span> care<\/span> to<\/span> transport<\/span> as<\/span> workers<\/span> demand<\/span> higher<\/span> wages.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>With<\/span> wage<\/span> increases<\/span> failing<\/span> to<\/span> keep<\/span> up<\/span> with<\/span> double-digit<\/span> inflation<\/span> and<\/span> now<\/span> at<\/span> their<\/span> highest<\/span> level<\/span> in<\/span> 40<\/span> years,<\/span> nurses,<\/span> ambulance<\/span> workers<\/span> and<\/span> railroad<\/span> workers<\/span> are<\/span> among<\/span> those<\/span> striking<\/span> and<\/span> teachers<\/span> are<\/span> also<\/span> voting<\/span> on<\/span> measures.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> teachers’<\/span> union,<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> announce<\/span> the<\/span> results<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> strike<\/span> elections<\/span> later<\/span> this<\/span> week,<\/span> will<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> education<\/span> minister,<\/span> the<\/span> health<\/span> minister<\/span> will<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> unions<\/span> representing<\/span> ambulances<\/span> and<\/span> nurses,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> transport<\/span> minister<\/span> will<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> railways.<\/span> Union.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> argued<\/span> that<\/span> higher<\/span> inflation-adjusted<\/span> wages<\/span> would<\/span> only<\/span> encourage<\/span> further<\/span> inflation<\/span> and<\/span> further<\/span> raise<\/span> interest<\/span> rates<\/span> and<\/span> mortgage<\/span> payments.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201cWe<\/span> have<\/span> always<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> governments<\/span> like<\/span> to<\/span> talk<\/span> about<\/span> wage<\/span> demands<\/span> and<\/span> wage<\/span> issues<\/span> based<\/span> on<\/span> what<\/span> is<\/span> reasonable,<\/span> what<\/span> is<\/span> responsible<\/span> and<\/span> what<\/span> is<\/span> affordable<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> country.<\/span> I<\/span> was<\/span> On<\/span> Sunday,<\/span> Sunak<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> ready<\/span> to<\/span> discuss<\/span> raising<\/span> nurses’<\/span> wages<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> UK.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Unions<\/span> have<\/span> said<\/span> they<\/span> will<\/span> end<\/span> the<\/span> strike<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> coming<\/span> weeks<\/span> only<\/span> if<\/span> proposals<\/span> are<\/span> made<\/span> to<\/span> resolve<\/span> the<\/span> dispute<\/span> over<\/span> this<\/span> year’s<\/span> wage<\/span> deal<\/span> while<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> considers<\/span> negotiating<\/span> wage<\/span> increases<\/span> next<\/span> year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>When<\/span> asked<\/span> about<\/span> media<\/span> reports<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> was<\/span> considering<\/span> making<\/span> temporary<\/span> payments<\/span> to<\/span> nurses<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> with<\/span> living<\/span> expenses,<\/span> Sunak<\/span> declined<\/span> to<\/span> comment<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> details.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – British ministers will meet with trade unions on Monday to end a wave of strikes in everything from health care to transport as workers demand higher wages. With wage increases failing to keep up with double-digit inflation and now at their highest level in 40 years, nurses, ambulance workers and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562],"tags":[705,706,285,417,563],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RKWL75VGCZML5ADM4YICZ7XSIE-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2962"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2965,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions\/2965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}