Surprising inflation days sadly, British Post exceeding 110,000 employees announced their strikes

Overseas Network, August 10th. According to the British "Metro" website reported on the 9th, the British Communications Labor Union announced on the same day that more than 110,000 postal employees in China will hold a series of strikes in the next few weeks, asking for adjustment of salaries to cope with high -end inflation. Essence This round of strikes will be the latest wave of strikes sweeping in various industries in the UK.

Royal Mail (Royal Mail) earlier increased salary to employees, but employees "survived the level of living sharply" when inflation soared to 11.7%, so the union decided to launch strikes to seek "dignity and appropriate salary increase". Essence The British Communications Labor Union stated that the four games that launched on August 26, August 31, September 8th and September 9, were expected to participate in more than 115,000 employees. The largest strike. "No one made a strike decision," said the secretary -general Dave Ward, but the postal employee had been making no way. "

The high inflation rate of Britain has remained high, allowing employees of major industries to go to the streets to ask for salaries. Post Office, a state -owned enterprise spin -off with Royal Post, has held a strike to fight for salary increase last month. At the same time, many industries such as the National Railway and London Metro, and British lawyers have also held multiple strikes this summer; other industrial employees are brewing strikes.

Bank of England predicted last week that the British Consumer Price Index (CPI) will exceed 13%of the peak at the end of this year, the highest level since 1980. The Bank of England also predicts that the British economy will face a long decline in the second half of this year and announced that it has the largest single interest rate hike since 1995. (Overseas Network Hou Xingchuan)

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