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Around 40,000 UK rail workers held a 48-hour strike Tuesday, with another 48-hour walkout planned for Friday.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members have held strikes since June over pay, job losses and attacks on conditions. They work for Network Rail and 14 train operating companies (TOCs). In a recent ballot RMT members rejected below-inflation pay offers for this year and next. From December 18 until January 2 RMT members will ban overtime working, reducing the services the TOCs can run. There are 48-hour strikes scheduled for January 3 and 6.
Health workers in Northern Ireland staged a 24-hour strike Monday. Despite temperatures below zero, the workers held well-supported picket lines.
The Unison, GMB and Nipsa union members were protesting the imposition of a 1,400 pay rise for 2022/23. Nurses, ambulance staff, social workers and other health workers took part.
Around 1,400 UK Crown Post Office workers, along with administrative back-up staff, held a two-day strike on Monday.
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