Strikes are continuing in Britain as Border Force staff, driving examiners, and rail workers resumed their industrial actions on Wednesday over pay and job security.
The unions are blaming the government for the disruptions, demanding ministers allow higher pay rises, but Downing Street said the ministers “want people to agree a fair pay settlement” but can’t “allow for double-digit pay rises that will embed inflation going forward.”
More than 1,000 border control staff at the biggest airports across Britain—London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, and Glasgow airports—and the port of Newhaven, who are members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), began the second part of an eight-day strike that will end on the New Year’s Eve….