Britain’s trade unions lose faith in the pay review bodies
A wave of strikes reflects suspicion of the way public-sector wages are set
British employers lost 467,000 working-days to strikes in November, the highest in over a decade, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on January 17th. That mark will almost certainly be breached before Britain’s winter of strife is over. Scottish teachers, London bus drivers, nurses, courtroom staff and driving instructors were among those picketing this week.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The going rate”
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