Seeing as there are enough strikes to create a timetable of who's striking when, let's go:

 

 

How is this affecting you if you're in the country? Should x be allowed to strike? Could it possibly be the fault of the current British government*?

 

*probably not, these are all just unfortunate coincidences by workshy Brits deciding not to work over Christmas, back to the assembly line with the lot of ya

Damn, I didn't know trains were striking as early as the 22nd. I'll need to double check that for travelling tbh.

I just gotta get a coach back to home from London pre-Xmas, that's it I believe so no major hold-ups. Should get my Xmas cards and presents in the mail a tad earlier though.

 

Can't blame 'em, I'm sure I'd be doing exactly the same if I were in their shoes...

My sister is going on strike as a nurse it looks like.

 

Otherwise I’m personally not impacted as I’m flying via AMS not LHR (although AMS is not without its own issues right now). Thankfully everything else here in Germany is running ok at the moment

My train to London next week should be fine but I've needed to make alternative arrangements for the journey home the following day. Also, with the postal strikes, I think I'll only have to go into the office for 1 day instead of 2 on W/C 19th Dec, as the purpose of that extra day is so that the post gets sorted, a rotation between teams

 

The train thing is an inconvenience (working from home for an extra day not so much lol) but I support these workers fighting for better pay and conditions

Power to the people!!!!

Think most trains ARE running 22-23rd Dec with strike action starting at 6pmChristmas Eve. I'm travelling by train all day 23rd and off to parents lunchtime 24th

Edited December 9, 20222 yr by Smint

The baggage strikes are happening on the day I fly out to Iceland and the border patrol when I fly back oops :( I just miss the train strikes coming back home though. I have a bad experience with losing baggage in the event of no strike so I can but hope the same doesn't happen here!

 

I fully support them though, why am I not surprised at the Tories' first response being to make strikes harder for people :/

The Border Force are striking in between Christmas & New Year, during a period where we're flying out to London. Thankfully so far it's not affecting the London airports we're due to fly in to.

Think most trains ARE running 22-23rd Dec with strike action starting at 6pmChristmas Eve. I'm travelling by train all day 23rd and off to parents lunchtime 24th

 

Aye it seems so, I had a wee peek myself. Ta!

The Border Force are striking in between Christmas & New Year, during a period where we're flying out to London. Thankfully so far it's not affecting the London airports we're due to fly in to.

You don’t go through passport control flying from Ireland to the UK anyway tho…

You don’t go through passport control flying from Ireland to the UK anyway tho…

 

Of course, silly me! Haven't taken a domestic flight in so long (and just back from a foreign one) that I'd forgotten that.

Aye it seems so, I had a wee peek myself. Ta!

 

Although of course you can't guarantee if they're running properly even if no strikes, especially in the North of England due to horrendous Government privatisation and lack of investment - it's a lot better in London and South.

I’m a social worker and the unions accepted a 5% pay rise but I question whether we should not have accepted it. We have been subject to a pay freeze for many years during the Cameron era and 5% is well below current rate of inflation. It’s effectively a pay cut. We worked throughout the pandemic just like nurses, teachers and other emergency workers and I just feel the government has taken us for granted like all of the public sector.

I’m a social worker and the unions accepted a 5% pay rise but I question whether we should not have accepted it. We have been subject to a pay freeze for many years during the Cameron era and 5% is well below current rate of inflation. It’s effectively a pay cut. We worked throughout the pandemic just like nurses, teachers and other emergency workers and I just feel the government has taken us for granted like all of the public sector.

Same here - I work for an exam board and the union accepted a 5% pay rise but I really think we should've gone for more given inflation rates.

 

Also, full support with all the strikes!!! It has affected me in that I need to travel a day earlier than intended back home, but nothing really massive thankfully.

The strikes are not just about pay but in relation to growing dissatisfaction with the current Tory government who have effectively run public services down to the ground after years of austerity and taken many public sector workers for granted while we continued to work hard throughout the pandemic while ministers were engaged in partygate.

Edited December 10, 20222 yr by neill2407

The strikes are not just about pay but in relation to growing dissatisfaction with the current Tory government who have effectively run public services down to the ground after years of austerity and taken many public sector workers for granted while we continued to work hard throughout the pandemic while ministers were engaged in partygate.

 

I agree, I think some of it is more to make themselves heard. Much like the rail strikes - yes, there's a pay rise but I think it's much more about the future.

 

As for the pay increases, while I support the strikes I think anyone (public or private) holding out for RPI inflation pay rises are silly. 5% is I suspect what will be mostly across the board. It's a double edged sword as the more people pay, the more expensive the total cost of the employee becomes so it incentivies job cuts as well. The never ending hampster wheel!

I agree, I think some of it is more to make themselves heard. Much like the rail strikes - yes, there's a pay rise but I think it's much more about the future.

 

As for the pay increases, while I support the strikes I think anyone (public or private) holding out for RPI inflation pay rises are silly. 5% is I suspect what will be mostly across the board. It's a double edged sword as the more people pay, the more expensive the total cost of the employee becomes so it incentivies job cuts as well. The never ending hampster wheel!

 

 

Yeah so we should just all struggle to survive whilst the people at the top get richer.

Yeah so we should just all struggle to survive whilst the people at the top get richer.

 

Yes totally. Let all those CEOs etc get massive pay rises whilst the ordinary person gets hardly anything. Or MPs who have gotten much larger pay rises over the last 10 years than the rest of the public sector and are allowed to take on second jobs and claim back huge amounts of expenses.

 

I very much support everyone striking. It'll be a slight inconvenience to me, but I don't mind at all.

The problem is that public sector workers rarely get pay rises above inflation. Even when they do, it isn't by much. Therefore, a 5% real-terms pay cut will take many years to be reversed. They will be left worse of in real terms for many years to come.