Trade unions are on the verge of calling a "synchronized" strike, RMT union leaders suggest.
Mick Lynch today warned of a "huge reaction from workers" asinflationoutstrips workers' wages.
RMT bosses flocked to Euston Station to join the picket line alongside TUC General Secretary Francis O'Grady.
Due to a strike by RMT and his TSSA members, there were only five trains running across the country on Thursday, one for him.
Asked if Britain was close to a general strike, Mr. Lynch said, "Only the TUC can call a general strike."
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Belinda Jiao)He added: People are getting poorer every day of the week.
“People can't pay their bills. "It may not be the traditional form."
He added:
"I think there is a great response from working people, because they are sick and tired of being treated."
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Alamey Live News.)Transportation Secretary Grant Shaps has developed a "16 Point Plan" to deal with railroad strikes.
He cited plans to stop people from using "inflammatory language" at pickets and to force unions to give four weeks' notice of industrial action.
Angela Rayner, Labor's deputy leader, denounced him as "desperate and destructive".
"Grant Shaps has not lifted a finger to settle the strike and continues to provide nothing for working people facing a cost of living emergency," she said.
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Reuters )Countries don't need a 16-point plan and people have energy billsfrozen to put more money in people's pockets We need a Labor Party plan. , and curb soaring inflation.
Instead of doing their job, Tory ministers come up with reckless anti-union laws that fuel controversy, endanger passenger safety and undermine employment rights. .
"Shapps was able to solve this strike with a one-point plan. He goes around the table and does his job."
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That came after Brigitte Phillipson, the education secretary forLabor, said standing on the picket line would not "settle" the labor dispute over the rising cost of living. 119}
Asked about whether the opposition will visit the picket line, Mr Philipson said: negotiation.
"I don't think being in the picket line will solve this problem."
