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An unprecedented strike testifies to the unease of an entire population in the United Kingdom. A massive and national movement of the public sector which resumed Thursday, August 18 across the country. Started in June, this movement is the biggest in decades.
Only one in five trains in circulation today in English stations. The transport network almost paralyzed tomorrow. England has known since the beginning of the summer the biggest strike movement for thirty years. With inflation exceeding 10% in July, the strikers are demanding wage increases. “We have tried to sit around the table and negotiate, and have been for eight, nine months without results.“, justifies Jon Stuart, local secretary of the RMT union.
And the strike is very supported by the population, even by those who missed their train. “I agree with this strike“, declares this traveler. “There are some things you need to do to get the government to respond“, believes this other passenger. This historic movement is carried by the rail sector but also followed in the posts and the ports. On Sunday, dockers in Felixstowe (England) began an eight-day strike, threatening to shut down much of the country’s freight traffic.
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