UK strikes: half a million workers demand ‘fair pay’ 

I'm so sick of these teachers, nurses, ambulance workers, railway workers, border controllers, doctors, postal workers, civil servants and driving test instructors. They clearly don't understand hard-working Brits, like hedge fund managers, political donors and millionaire tax dodgers... Those guys are the real heroes! Will nobody think of the poor CEOs who can only afford four megayachts? Or the tragic case of the bankers who made billions betting against the pound? These selfish strikers clearly aren't thinking about the needs of the poor suffering in international tax havens throughout the world! For shame!

SHE did NOT just said it’s disappointing that teachers are standing up for themselves! Did she ?! Man, no one in the government cares or they’re delusional

My brother was working as a systems control engineer in the UK for 29k, now he’s doing the same job for 55k in Austria. That trend is fairly common across industries. Pay in the UK is a disgrace.

Tupac: they've got money for wars but can't feed the poor.

If you look past the increase in national debt, the falling value of the pound, the NHS failing, the attack on the right to protest, fall in living standards, and many other things, at least we have more tax dodging millionaires. Surely that will save us!

She's unbelievable. The level of gaslighting of the general public and the teachers is unreal. "Can't afford bonuses" - also MPs gave themselves a bonus!

"do you think the public will on your side?"...... "we are the public, and we are not happy"....- best quote oof 2023. full support from me. we deserve more

My cousin's a teacher in England, I was absolutely baffled to learn that she had to buy class furnitures herself.

I'm a security guard in boots, and the hundreds of kids today out of school all behaved. Good on the younguns. Fair pay.

Considering MP's get paid twice as much as teachers, and spend most of their time fast asleep on the back benches, is a slap in the face to all the teachers trying to educate their children.

Things will NEVER change unless people continue to come together and say, enough is enough.

It must be noted that the strikes are not just for pay... It is also for how funding is made, terms and conditions, management, recruitment and safety(whether it is teachers, nurses, railway workers, civil servants).

"Do you think the people will put up with this?" "We are the people." I need that energy in my life for everything that I do.

I don't have kids but I fully support the strikes. My parents were teachers and struggled to make ends meet. This is ridiculous. Teaching is an essential industry and should be treated accordingly.

Ministers of departments shouldnt get paid whilst people are on strike.

I left my teaching job after 2 years. I was a teacher from age 22-24. It destroyed my mental health. You do not get paid enough for the disgraceful behaviour and work load and stress that you have to deal with. My mental health is still so poor from teaching

Hey guys the government thinks its "disruptive and disappointing"...👀😂

The people on strike ARE the public.

It's amazing how many billions they could suddenly find to give to their mates so they could make a tracking app that didn't work

The maket trend can turn around very quickly. In fact, the indexes often switch from a bear market to a bull market when the news is at its worst and the mood of investors is at its lowest point. I read an article of people that grossed profits up to $150k during this crash, what are the best stocks to buy now or put on a watchlist?.

Message to Rishi "Rich Man" Sunak: Now that you have had more than just one cuppa tea that is - at No. 10 Downing Street, I would like you to WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE my son! The nation is in FLAMES and UP IN ARMS! If you can't take the heat, GET OUT of the kitchen. Nuff said.

Got to admire them for actually getting out there and demanding what they're worth. If only other unions had as much power.

Funny how letting bankers have massive bonuses, ceo pay and bonuses skyrocketing has no effect on inflation at all. Evidently. According to Chunt and Fishi Rishi . Of course if more Non doms and their ilk actually paid tax here it would be a big help.

I was a paralegal on 19k at 25 and still paying off £70k for an undergraduate and masters, so I moved to New Zealand and now I’m on $24 a hour work 3 days a week and make more money than I’d ever do in England

If I had 24 complaints of bullying against me I would be suspended following investigation.

I think News broadcasters should be on minimum wage , then we might not have them standing up for greedy Governments .

Yet Sunak and his cronies would have you believe that these people are not members of the public. And, that the public, whoever that might be, needs to be protected from them.

As a hedge fund manager I feel this ability for workers to strike should be made illegal. When things go wrong for us hedge fund managers we don’t go on strike, we just kill ourselves, or move to Argentina with your pension

Imagine working 10 hours a day and 5 dYs a week and just paying rent and saving just enough for food and transport to work fees

They need to understand that we are the public and we’ve got enough from their lies and their arrogant ignorance!!

Simple math, if bills go up, your wages have to go up. End of story.

The pay in UK is absolutely shocking. It is not that uneducated, lazy people live in poverty but hard working professionals cannot afford the basics. My professional salary is just enough to pay rent, bills and basic food and I work 6 days a week. I have seriously started considering working part-time, claim housing benefit and the other part of the week working for hand to hand cash. There is absolutely no the other way out of poverty in the UK if you do not own a house.

The corruption and greed in UK parliamentary is staggering

Life has become unbearable in the uk

The irony is that I once got offered a teaching job in the UK that paid 33% less than the equivalent in Australia. And tax has higher. No wonder the agent begged me to join. I decided I'd holiday to the UK instead, but the job was a firm no. So by Australian standards, UK teachers need a 50% pay boost. Don't question my percentages, if you know, you know.

Finally the Brits take to the streets 👏

solidarity with the workers

I believe more people must go on strikes. Retail services, too. Hospitality strikes. But most private companies wouldn't allow it. To lose their profit.

"Disruptive and disappointing"... Nonsense, kids could do with a bit more time at home. "Missing a day of learning" doesn't matter, we all know that, we've all been to school ourselves. Kids are overworked, drilled and examined at schools from far too young an age as it is.

'fair pay' disgusting how it has to be referred to as "fair"

This government is finished 🙄

Mass strike action can lead to important changes in current and future government policy. This is why you have things like paid holidays and a free use NHS. If you are not a multi millionaire you should be pleased that these people are fighting for your rights and those of your children. We need fair wealth distribution by taxing the wealth of the richest in society and providing good public services for all . This wont happen without industrial action until the government are forced to act in the interests of the majority and not just the mega wealthy who corrupt our political system. Well done the strikers!

Come on Britons, Enough partying on the loot of India & Africa! Now you are realizing that you need to earn money rather than just drinking in pubs and getting your money for living lavishly (The money covered with blood of Millions) from your Government.

"The Government described today's action as disruptive and disappointing." Yeah, that's the point of a strike. I swear to god, they say you could get 1000 monkeys and 1000 typewriters to write Shakespeare eventually, it would only take 5 monkeys 5 hours to write a Government response

Teachers do a great job. The funding of schools is now really shocking .I was a UK teacher years back and things were tough then .When I came to Germany all was so different ..Even for the MOD schools used German budgets which were available .Here I could never spend my allowance ! UK was always make do , mend or buy from your own money .Tories like to keep state schools down .They , after all use private ..

So I'm a private sector worker and I support strikes. I feel a lot of public sector work is crucial for well standard of living. The last interviewee stated that the govt would be most concerned about teachers striking. Would they not be more concerned regarding nurses striking? Further to this also the govt has all public sector workers over the barrel because unfortunately our actual culture is very lone wolf minded, and you can see by the woman complaining about her train being late etc. Due to how economies work there will always ideally be more private than public sector employees, If the govt ignore the strikers long enough and nurses, teachers etc are not doing their jobs and kids have issues or people die. The govt knows the public perception i.e the privately employees will turn against them eventually.

Why should the working class alone pay steep prices for failures of the Tory government? Shouldn't the ruling elites also rescind the tax-cuts given to the riches？

We can't stand living here anymore, the whole country and system is a complete mess

I am an British senior citizen, I have worked all my life and paid all my taxes and contributions, it’s now absolutely ridiculous, disgraceful and downright unacceptable that I cannot afford to heat my home, and have hot meals, it’s time we looked after our own, who have paid taxes and contributions all our lives, we should be priority, not pushed aside like we don’t deserve to be treated like we don’t exist, we need a government whom listen and work for the country, NOT FOR THEMSELVES, I can’t go on strike for more cost of living pay rise, this country is absolutely finished, there is no compassion, caring or loyalty for people who are British born and bred any more, no freedom of speech and devastationley no law to protect us at all, HEARTBREAKING

Strikes only affect low class and middle class. Remember, Rishi is driving a nice limousine not a train from your house to your place of work.

I guess this is what Boris's "high wage economy" looks like.

“We are the public.” I love that. ❤

Where is Nigel Farage? Is this the Brexit he imagined? I thought he said all the euros that the UK had to send to the EU would be freed and invested back to UK workers and the NHS. This is separate from inflation and COVID. Where is the money? I now question what the true intention of Farage was?

If us retail workers were to "Strike" the country would be mad with us!

I support these people , love them.

06:13 There you go. She called it a “people’s business”. They see it education, a public good, like a business and not a public service. With that mindset they will never fix the problem

Public support for these strikes will continue to grow as it continues to become clear that pay is not the only reason most people are striking. Working conditions and enforced changes are more of an issue in most cases

If the Tories can find money to give their mates sleazy under the table contracts, they can find money to pay ordinary, hard working people properly

British government can't handle or do anything....

Solidarity with all striking workers! ✊

I mean...what about the tuition fee :(( It's disheartening to see tuition fees increase during the pandemic. It seems that politicians are the only ones benefiting from the policies while the rest of us suffer. This is a common issue in many countries, where workers are calling for fair pay and fair policies. Let's hope this leads to positive change.

The public: goes on strike The news: but how long will they have the support of the public?

When you look at the difference in inflation over a 20 year period, you'll understand why. Your money goes nowhere. £20 is both a lot, and absolutely fudge all at the same time. £30k 20 years ago is currently worth half the amount. I last looked into this when we hit an 81% increase over the past 20 years (based on 2003), and this has since gone over 100%. The value of our currency has been halved within 20 years. That 30k you may have been earning back in 2003 was worth 54.3k last year, now over 60k. Current wages do not match this. Far from it. You compare people's wages, and the actual value of the payslip today. It's no wonder why the UK is in a collapse, people are refusing to work for awful wages, all while the people benefitting from the poverty of others smile and crack on. Suicide rates are soaring, people's wellbeing and health are at pivotal lows, and I'm seeing an awful lot of lying and theft here in London at the moment. (I'm hearing worse stories back home in Wales) I dread to think of what the future holds for the youth here, as they're being taught this by the people desperate enough to put these motives into action. There's a reason why it's happening. People are desperately struggling.

Full support for the british workers from Spain!!!

Honestly it's shocking they haven't been striking sooner. Across the last decade they lost over 20% of their wages. They haven't been given a pay raise for years as there wasn't any offer above the inflation rate ( so pay cut in real terms)

Think that all these people striking deserve every support we can give them. Overall it affects the standard of living for everyone. Not just a Minority of Rich Elitists Using the Population as a Cash Cow.

Compromise seriously. This isn't a Compromise situation.

The Public are onside. Don’t be fooled by silly sound bites, enough is enough. Tori’s OUT!

Your kids are important and they deserve only the best teachers - not ones who are on the bread line!!

If people failed as hard as the government has at their jobs they would be fired for not being able to do the job. I don't understand why people hired in government are exempt from this. If you can't do the job then don't deserve to be employed to do it.

Just can't wait to see the chaos and up roar when Retail workers do this

Fully back them all. I don't work in the public sector but they have my support.

A Level 9 nurse earns £110,000+, plus a gold-plated pension, sick benefits bar none, who's fooling who?

Respect to all teachers and support staff. They, like the other striking workers, deserve and need to get properly funded pay rises to match inflation. I considered maths teaching after university, but the pay, especially in comparison to going into finance, wasn't nearly enough to live a quality of life as most people want getting older.

UK can afford the coronation expenses and told Charles he didn’t have to pay inheritance taxes. Brits should rethink their priorities.

Kick the Cons party out of power!!?.. They only look after their own and their rich friends..

As a Canadian - good on the Brits, they always show us how to strike properly.

Lol basically, "we'll pay them a fair wage when we fix the whole country, until then, we're gonna blame you for the problems" That interview with Gillian Keegan was insane... She blames teachers striking for the children's disruption, not the fact that the UK is becoming unlivable for these professions. Like all these external factors for inflation and she's focussing on a miniscule percentage of it, it's just an impossible position to justify

Guy Fawkes for Westminster

Getting back £29m from tory peer michelle mone will sure help fund a payrise, along with the missing £700b of public money through unpaid tax (non doms) and dodgy ppe deals

UK: we select our leaders without general election. Also UK: eveyone else should elect their leaders after general election.

Government introducing legislation to ensure striking unions must provide a minimum service in whatever industry is affected. Government can't even make managers and businesses ensure that the services they provide can't meet minimum standards. Sounds like the same attitude and double standards they had when holding parties in Downing Street.

5:39 What she doesn't realise is, yes we need to get inflation down, but that will not bring prices back down, so wages will have to increase regardless.

Sunak has to go. This guy doesn't care about ordinary citizens. To all strikers, I'm supporting you all the way. DON'T BACK DOWN!!🙏🙏👏👏

With changes in the economy leading to instability in the stock market, I am considering liquidating my $725k portfolio consisting of bonds and stocks. Someone else in the same situation? Please tell me in the comments.

I totally support the public servents on their strike. I have been working for banks and financial services for years now and I see the amount of crazy money inc bonuses they make in provate sector! Millionaires and business owners pay less tax than people working in Tesco and Mcdonalds! It is crazy!

Wow, a collective strike! Sending love and support from NZ. I remember when Jacinda came into power, our senior MP’s were all given a temporary pay cut to show solidarity with the workers.

"I don't think the country can afford it" coming from the man in the BMW

If you’ve ever voted for the conservatives or voted Brexit then this serves you all right!!!

PUBLIC IS STRONGER THEN THE SYSTEM BUT PEOPLE JUST NEED TO WAKE UP!!! IF MILLONS STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO GIVE IN BUT THIS WORLD IS LAZY NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE A STAND UNLESS WE DONT TAKE A STAND WE WILL NEVER GO UP✨

The price we pay, politicians are getting richer from taxpayers money and no one is investigating them. Rich people don’t go to prison

Wouldn’t it be brilliant if the media stopped being lapdogs for the government and made a stand for the workers instead? Cathy has shown in this broadcast who’s side she is working for. Obviously she’s got a comfortable life without any worries or concerns.

Where has she got the idea that energy prices have come back down? They certainly haven't for the consumer. Just because the price of gas has reduced it doesn't mean we're being charged less for it. That's just complete nonsense.

I have been a teacher for 36 years. The teacher shortage has made my job even more stressful so I am planning to retire 4 years earlier. I find it hard to work for a school that has dysfunctional staffing, despite the students being fantastic.

We'll have to do this soon enough. ACCOUNTABILITY!! ACCOUNTABILITY!! ACCOUNTABILITY!!

In total, the UK provided £2.3bn of military aid to Ukraine in 2022 - more than any other nation except the United States - and the government has committed to sustain the same level of funding in 2023.

As a defense attorney, I can tell you that if the government wants to convict you, they can figure out a way. Always tell people, “never put yourself in a position where it even looks like you could be committing a crime”

"I had to cut my gym membership" ... seriously? I know how hard teachers work but that was so dumb

We should all stop paying council tax, car insurance, utility bills and see how fast things change.

The minister doesn’t answer a single question. It’s frustrating.