The weeks follow one another and they are similar in the United Kingdom. After the nurses, it is the teachers who will mobilize this Wednesday in England. Tens of thousands of teachers are expected to strike over wages as inflation in the country tops double digits.
“In theory, Professor, it’s a management position, I would have thought you could do better. But setting aside money or taking out a mortgage is simply impossible,” Sarah Green, an English professor at a university in the London suburbs, told BFMTV.
This February 1st he will be on strike for the first time: his salary is not high enough and the pressure of his work is constant.
“Stress has an impact on my mental and personal life…I’ve even been on the waiting list for nine months to see a psychiatrist.”
More than 100,000 strikers?
In the United Kingdom, the economic and social crisis does not spare schools. “Sometimes there are problems with the heating in the classrooms and they can’t fix it. They even had to send the children home. So I understand teachers going on strike and asking for more money,” says Mohibey Rahman, a Londoner. dad.
About 100,000 teachers could go on strike at the request of the unions. Because despite an increase last year, teachers in the UK have lost 11% of purchasing power in twelve years.
“All the unions really want the government to listen to them… This is a cry for help because they have been greatly affected by inflation, but also by austerity policies in public services for ten years,” denounces Rachel Curley, deputy general secretary of the National Education Union, a teachers’ union on the other side of the Channel.
Various sectors mobilized
Education is not the only sector mobilized. Train conductors and university staff are also expected to leave on Wednesday. Around 1,000 British customs officers working on both sides of the Channel will also go on strike from February 17-20.
The most important date will undoubtedly be Monday, February 6: after a historic mobilization in recent weeks, the nurses will return to deposit their white coats.
Source: BFM TV
