Thousands of emergency health service workers in the United Kingdom will take part in a strike called for February 10 in five regions of the country to demand a pay rise.
In addition to doctors, ambulance crews from cities such as London and Yorkshire, among others, are expected to take part, according to information from the Sky News television channel.
The strike, which will last six days and will begin on Friday next week, is also aimed at getting the government to review workers’ salaries in order to avoid new strikes, as explained by the UNISON union, one of the largest in the United Kingdom.
Union representatives have used the occasion to call on the government to introduce measures after some 25,000 workers in the British public health emergency services demanded pay rises in the face of high inflation and staff shortages.
Strikes in the health sector have prompted the government to call in the army to keep the system running. Thousands of nurses across the country have joined the protests for the first time in over a century.
The UK has recently been hit by a wave of strikes and walkouts due to the current economic crisis. In addition, there have also been protests involving airport workers, railway workers, lawyers and letter carriers, among others.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
