Tens of thousands of workers in the UK have gone on strike (when employees stop doing their jobs to protest pay or working conditions). The work stoppages are disrupting transportation and business operations across the nation.
On August 18, garbage and recycling workers in Scotland began an 11-day strike. The next day, rail operators began their sixth strike since June, and most subway lines in London, England, came to a halt during a one-day work stoppage. On August 21, almost 2,000 workers at the UK’s largest container port (where goods are received and sent out by ship) began an eight-day strike.
Workers are demanding higher pay, better working conditions, and job security. They are struggling with inflation (an increase in prices of goods and services), which the UK government said…
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