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UK’s Sunak to Halve Support That Helps Businesses Pay Fuel Bills -The Times
Date: December 30, 2022
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to halve financial support on energy bills for businesses, amid concerns about the cost, The Times reported, without citing sources. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss had announced in September a six-month scheme to subsidise the wholesale price for businesses. UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt “will announce a...
UK PM Sunak Plans Anti-Strike Laws to Protect Lives, Jobs – Daily Mail
Date: December 15, 2022
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning to introduce anti-strike laws to protect lives and livelihoods, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. In an interview to the newspaper, Sunak said he hopes that union leaders can see that it is not right to cause disruptions to many people, particularly at Christmas time. “But...
Britain Braces for Winter of Strike Action as Nurses Walk Out
Date: December 12, 2022
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – British nurses will go on strike this week, hitting already stretched hospitals and cranking up pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to quell the biggest wave of industrial action to hit the country in decades. The walkout comes as strikes cripple the rail network and postal service, airports brace...
UK Airports Face Christmas Disruption as Border Staff to Strike
Date: December 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Border Force workers at several major British airports including the country’s busiest, Heathrow, will go on strike for eight days this month in a dispute over pay, threatening disruption to Christmas travel. The PCS trade union said staff employed by Britain’s interior ministry in passport booths would take action at London’s Heathrow and...
British PM Rishi Sunak Pledges Further Action on Strikes to ‘protect Lives’
Date: December 8, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he would take more action “to protect the lives and livelihoods” of Britons during months of planned strikes by rail, health and postal workers. Britain, already grappling with industrial action across a range of sectors, now faces strikes by thousands of public-sector nurses in England and...
Fuel Runs Short at S.Korean Petrol Stations as Top Union Begins Strike Alongside Truckers
Date: December 6, 2022
By Ju-min Park and Heekyong Yang UIWANG, South Korea (Reuters) -A nationwide strike by South Korean truckers has led nearly 100 petrol stations across the country to run dry, government data show, and a national trade union launched a general strike on Tuesday in support of the drivers. The truckers’ strike over a minimum pay...