This has unquestionably been a year of strikes, with 560,00 working days lost in August and September - almost twice the total for whole years recently - and industrial actions still mounting. Given that, are we heading for a general strike?
, Sharon Graham, general secretary of UNITE - one of the biggest unions - told Sophy Ridge:"If there are a number of strikes happening at the same time, people can call it what they like, quite frankly."
In pursuit of their pay-claim, 40,000 members of the RMT union have announced more one-day strikes over the Christmas period on 13, 14, 16 and 17 of December, and 3, 4, 6, and 7 January 2023. There will also be an overtime ban in the weeks in between. Train drivers in ASLEF plan strikes for other days.the Royal College of Nursing is announcing strike days by more than 300,000 nurses
• 400,000 teachers and support staff in the NASUWT - National Education Union are holding a strike ballot, with the result due in the new year. The separate Scottish teachers union is already taking action Fourteen years is the longest period of wage stagnation in modern times. If they were to catch up in real terms, pay awards would have to be 15% or more.
Rail, transport, printing, dock and iron and steelworkers joined the General Strike in support of the miners' claim of"not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day".The Conservative government led by Stanley Baldwin was well-prepared for the strike. Special constables to ensure"the maintenance of supplies" had been recruited, although the proposal of then-chancellor Winston Churchill to deploy armed troops was rejected.
In practice, Sunak's government seems to be taking a less confrontational approach than his immediate predecessors.
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