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Ambulance workers in Unison will stage two further strikes on January 11 and 23 in their dispute over pay and staffing, the union has announced.
Services across the UK are already being hit by industrial action in other sectors, including the Border Force, National Highways and rail workers.
Driving home for Christmas may become a traffic nightmare as rail strikes push more people onto the roads just as National Highways workers and control centre staff walk out, the AA has warned.
The motorists’ organisation has issued an amber traffic warning for Friday and Christmas Eve, and experts are urging drivers to set their Christmas travel plans in motion “as soon as possible”.
A four-day strike by National Highways workers from today until Christmas Day coincides with fresh rail walkouts that threaten travel mayhem over the festive period.
Industrial action on Britain’s rail network means some services stopping early before national strikes from Saturday, Christmas Eve.
As workers prepared to walk out, the government announced regulated rail fares will rise by up to 5.9% next year.
The Independent’s Simon Calder urged drivers to hit the roads as “soon as you possibly can”.
Ambulance staff to walk out again next month
Ambulance workers in Unison will stage two further strikes on January 11 and 23 in their dispute over pay and staffing, the union has announced.
Jane Dalton22 December 2022 17:05
Shapps warns fuel retailers of watchdog prices investigation
Business secretary Grant Shapps has called on fuel giants to give motorists “a fair deal”.
In a letter to retailers he said it was concerning that margins – profits – had risen year on year, ahead of general inflation.
Encouraging them to pass on savings to consumers, he warns that the Competition and Markets Authority will be investigating.
Jane Dalton22 December 2022 17:01
North Sea rig workers strike
Workers have started a 24-hour walkout at offshore rigs.
Petrofac workers on Repsol installations in the North Sea started their two-day strike on Thursday, Unite said, with a warning of more walkouts to come.
Sharon Graham, the union’s general secretary, said the 170 workers involved are taking the “latest action due to a series of unacceptable…
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