UK unions continue strikes amid ongoing pay disputes

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UK unions continue strikes amid ongoing pay disputes

STORY: UK unions continue strikes amid ongoing pay disputes SHOOTING TIME: FILE, Dec. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Euston station on drivers' strike day (Dec. 3, 2023) 2. various of junior doctors and nurses strike over pay disputes (file, Feb. 2023) 3. various of ASLEF train drivers strike (file, April 2023) 4. various of strikes organized by unions (file, March 2023) STORYLINE: Widespread industrial action in the United Kingdom (UK) continued into December with no sign of stopping amid disputes over pay, and the walkouts have disrupted travel plans and already strained public services. Junior doctors in England will take further industrial action in late December and early January, and the six-day strike in January would be the longest in the history of the National Health Service (NHS), the British Medical Association (BMA) said on Tuesday. "After five weeks of intense talks, the government was unable to present a credi

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