Train strikes organized by “militant” unions will paralyze Britain next week over wage disputes.
Last-minute attempts to prevent a series of major train strikes in the UK have reportedly failed, with unions now confirming that workers across the country will go on strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. London Underground workers also plan to strike on Tuesday.
It comes at a time when the British are trying to combat the rising cost of living as a result of inflation in the country, which is set to hit 10% this year.
According to the report TelegramThose in the UK government are now accusing “militant unions” and the left of using the current crisis facing ordinary Britons to organize mass strikes, and one minister has even accused workers’ organizations of bribing their members to get downhill vehicles.
“It is clear that union leaders are gradually accumulating war savings to effectively bribe workers to unleash the chaos of the summer strike,” said British business chief Kwasi Kwarteng. $86) will one day strike its members.
Meanwhile, the country’s transport minister, Grant Shapps, denounced the train strikes as something that could only exacerbate the plight of people who rely on transport services already struggling in the current crisis.
“While taking this precaution, [trade union] “It’s punishing millions of innocent people instead of calmly discussing the reasonable and necessary reforms we need to do to protect our rail network,” he said. .
Photo: Thousands protest London’s cost of living crisis https://t.co/TrJ8WJaOcf
– Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) 18 June 2022
But as unions responded to the allegations, RMT leader Mick Lynch said Conservative Party politicians had blocked an agreement to prevent strikes, and the union had called for “Fair” wage increases for workers.
At the same time, left-wing agitators were profiting from the strikes, and communist organizations took to the streets on Saturday to “difficulty in class“, And“ pay the rich ”.
It seems that in the hope of achieving this goal, a group – the Communist Youth League of Great Britain – sing a song Names of communist dictator Ho Chi Minh and Joseph Stalin marching through the streets of London.
“Hello Shi Ming, Che Guevara, Stalin”
Filmed today in central London. pic.twitter.com/rR7O3jHjVi
– Peter Whittle (@prwhittle) 18 June 2022
That doesn’t mean that all those protesting the ongoing cost of living crisis Saturday demanded communist cards, as many ordinary people struggle to survive in the modern age of inflation.
For example, food banks in the UK saw huge growth in people wanting to use their services, and a charity saw an 85% increase in demand.
“…I think we are seeing real food poverty for the first time in a generation,” the head of a major supermarket chain in the country said earlier, regarding the crisis, which he said is starting to seriously affect some shoppers. its shops.
“I was at a few stores on Friday and for the first time in years I heard customers say to the cashier, ‘Stop when it reaches 40 pounds, I don’t want to spend a penny on it.’ I think a lot of them have a hard time heating their homes and feeding their families.”
Source: Breitbart
