{"id":3135,"date":"2023-01-15T12:43:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T12:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3135"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:36:37","slug":"strikes-in-uk-will-intensify-as-teacher-election-results-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/brusselsindependent\/strikes-in-uk-will-intensify-as-teacher-election-results-loom\/2023\/01\/15\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Strikes in UK will intensify as teacher election results loom"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> Jan,15–<\/span> A<\/span> strike<\/span> that<\/span> will<\/span> disrupt<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> Britain’s<\/span> economy<\/span> is<\/span> likely<\/span> to<\/span> intensify<\/span> this<\/span> week,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Sunday<\/span> Times<\/span> newspaper.<\/span> Teachers<\/span> are<\/span> ready<\/span> to<\/span> announce<\/span> industrial<\/span> action<\/span> and<\/span> nurses<\/span> warn<\/span> that<\/span> strikes<\/span> could<\/span> double<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> month.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> government<\/span> of<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Rishi<\/span> Sunak,<\/span> which<\/span> sets<\/span> wage<\/span> levels<\/span> for<\/span> publicly<\/span> funded<\/span> health<\/span> and<\/span> education<\/span> services,<\/span> has<\/span> already<\/span> gone<\/span> on<\/span> strike<\/span> in<\/span> railways<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> industries<\/span> as<\/span> rising<\/span> prices<\/span> have<\/span> slowed<\/span> wage<\/span> increases.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> results<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> vote<\/span> for<\/span> teachers<\/span> belonging<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> Education<\/span> Union<\/span> are<\/span> due<\/span> at<\/span> 17:00<\/span> GMT<\/span> on<\/span> Monday,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> Sunday<\/span> Times,<\/span> citing<\/span> union<\/span> officials,<\/span> said<\/span> members<\/span> in<\/span> England<\/span> and<\/span> Wales<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> on<\/span> strike<\/span> since<\/span> his<\/span> February<\/span> strike.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> union<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> immediately<\/span> respond<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> request<\/span> for<\/span> comment<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> report.A<\/span> strike<\/span> vote<\/span> by<\/span> another<\/span> teachers’<\/span> union<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span> failed<\/span> to<\/span> achieve<\/span> the<\/span> required<\/span> turnout.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>If<\/span> teacher<\/span> strikes<\/span> are<\/span> confirmed<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> add<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> disruption<\/span> experienced<\/span> by<\/span> millions<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> in<\/span> Britain<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> last<\/span> six<\/span> months,<\/span> during<\/span> which<\/span> train<\/span> strikes<\/span> have<\/span> crippled<\/span> transport<\/span> networks<\/span> and<\/span> ambulances<\/span> workers<\/span> have<\/span> on<\/span> two<\/span> dates<\/span> so<\/span> far<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> respond<\/span> to<\/span> all<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> serious<\/span> calls.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Transport<\/span> minister<\/span> Mark<\/span> Harper<\/span> told<\/span> Sky<\/span> News<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday<\/span> that<\/span> any<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> strike<\/span> by<\/span> teachers<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> regrettable.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>With<\/span> inflation<\/span> running<\/span> at<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 10%,<\/span> driven<\/span> in<\/span> part<\/span> by<\/span> sharp<\/span> increases<\/span> in<\/span> energy<\/span> costs<\/span> following<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> cannot<\/span> afford<\/span> big<\/span> wage<\/span> increases<\/span> and<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> want<\/span> to<\/span> embed<\/span> higher<\/span> inflation<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> economy<\/span> through<\/span> pay<\/span> rises.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nevertheless,<\/span> Harper<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> given<\/span> permission<\/span> for<\/span> rail<\/span> companies<\/span> to<\/span> make<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> offer<\/span> to<\/span> unions,<\/span> offering<\/span> tentative<\/span> signs<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> deal<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> offing<\/span> although<\/span> he<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> set<\/span> any<\/span> timetable<\/span>.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Royal<\/span> College<\/span> of<\/span> Nursing,<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> whose<\/span> members<\/span> walked<\/span> out<\/span> last<\/span> month<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> do<\/span> so<\/span> again<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> and<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> warned<\/span> that<\/span> their<\/span> next<\/span> round<\/span> of<\/span> strikes<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> more<\/span> severe,<\/span> with<\/span> double<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> nurses<\/span> in<\/span> England<\/span> to<\/span> walk<\/span> out<\/span> in<\/span> February<\/span> unless<\/span> a<\/span> resolution<\/span> is<\/span> found.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters) Jan,15– A strike that will disrupt parts of Britain’s economy is likely to intensify this week, according to the Sunday Times newspaper. Teachers are ready to announce industrial action and nurses warn that strikes could double over the next month. The government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, which sets wage levels for publicly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1,2480,2482],"tags":[285,766,767,768,769],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/teachr.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3135"}],"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=3135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3137,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3135\/revisions\/3137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}