Who is striking in UK today? Trouble brews as personnel from several sectors take on strikes on December 15

The UK is facing a wave of strikes in several sectors as the cost-of-living crisis coincides with a tax-increase budget — and workers are caught in the crossfire.
Nurses from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union are on strike in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. A quarter of the medical staff in England, all medical personnel in Northern Ireland and all hospitals, except for one, in Wales will partake in the strike.

Nurses have planned pay strikes alongside workers with a more traditional history of protest action. Nurses have declared two 12-hour strike days after determining that the UK government has not begun "detailed negotiations,".


As per the Trade Union statutes of the UK, the nurses will be in regular employment in intensive care units to mitigate negligence towards urgent matters. Nevertheless, the regular services will be at a halt.


The RCN is calling for nurses to be paid 5 per cent more than the Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation rate, which is commonly used to judge salary increases.

Furthermore, even the Railway personnel will indulge in a strike. ASLEF, the train drivers' union, has reported that they are protesting over their pay demands.

In its long-running dispute over jobs, pay, and conditions, the Rail, Maritime, and Transport union has announced a series of 48-hour strikes for this month and January.

There will be no first or second class letter deliveries or collections from post boxes on strike days.

Alongside these workmen, people employed in the education sector also walk out. Approximately 70,000 members of the University and College Union are in a pay, pension, and contract dispute.

It could affect an estimated 2.5 million students, and the union has threatened to escalate action in the new year if the dispute is not resolved.

The union claimed that lecturers and other academic staff had received pay raises that were below inflation for a decade, with a 3% increase announced in the summer.

Civil servants are on strike to demand better pay, pensions, and job security.

FAQs:

1. Who else is protesting in the UK?
   Alongside nurses and railway personnel, airport staff and teachers will also indulge in strikes over their pay demands.
2. What are the primary reasons for these strikes?
   They are happening because of rapid inflation and the subsequent cost cutting.