Biggest strike of the last 30 years! Strike in the rail sector begins in the UK and covers 40 workers. Inflation in the country is record and shows the beginning of the “summer of discontent in the economy”

This Tuesday, June 21, the biggest strike of the last 30 years in the UK in the railway sector began. Workers in the area want better working conditions and contest the levels of inflation that the country has been suffering. The dispute for the best wages and jobs could open, according to an article shared by CNN, a labor dispute. 

Workers announced that they would go on strike in the UK in three days this week, starting this Tuesday, June 21, Thursday, June 23 and Saturday, 25. The train network has been paralyzed since dawn today and the country's stations are deserted for lack of railway workers. Meanwhile, other sectors are being hampered by the lack of transportation, which can lead to losses in earnings. 

Boris Johnson only criticizes UK workers

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been under pressure to make decisions about charges made by railway workers. However, he said that the stoppage with the current frequency could harm the country by causing companies, which until then were recovering from the pandemic, to be stopped, since professionals from other areas would lose their days of work due to the lack of carriage. Johnson said unions say they are trying to help people but that their actions, in the long run, could hurt the overall economy. 

The unions claim that the “summer of discontent”  may be close, and that, soon, other areas will carry out strikes, mainly in the case of public servants such as teachers and garbage collectors. The doctors and lawyers also started class actions. 

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Mick Lynch, Secretary-General for Rail, Sea and Transport Workers (RMT), told Sky News that the UK worker needs, more than anything, a pay rise. Job security and decent working conditions are at odds with the realities of the United Kingdom and, according to the economist, failure to comply with the requirements could put the British economy to the test. 

 YouGov shows that public opinion on the strike is divided

A survey shared at the beginning of June by YouGov shows that public opinion on the UK railway demonstration was divided. Leo Rudolph, who is 36 years old, said in an interview with Reuters that he is in favor of the demonstration and argues that the strike should last for a considerable time, that this would be the only way for workers to demand their constitutional rights. 

destructive inflation

Accompanied by the strikes and dissatisfaction of countless workers, the United Kingdom is also facing destructive inflation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. All this is accompanying the shortage of workers in the country, which causes the prices of services to increase. In this way, post-Brexit warnings show that the country could be close to a recession – or that perhaps it had already entered one. 

The government insists on saying that, even helping the most needy families, they would not be able to provide wages that are above inflation because that would increase the crisis where the country is sinking. Johnson says that the long-term impacts of higher wages are even more significant and activities should be analyzed to prevent future problems.