Border Force workers, ambulance crews and DWP staff among those joining Christmas strikes this week

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Thousands of flights could be disrupted during one of the busiest times of the year as Border Force employees walk off the job.

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerOn Friday, it was revealed that British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are limiting ticket sales for flights to Heathrow during the Border Force strike days.Both airlines are letting customers move their travel to a non-strike day, and they are also keeping schedules and ticket restrictions under review.

And head of the armed forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, told The Sunday Telegraph that the armed forces are busy and need to"focus on our primary role". Health Secretary Steve Barclay has continued to resist calls to negotiate on pay, instead suggesting discussion about other issues that"matter to staff".He has said the nurses' pay demands are"not affordable" and that the government is accepting recommendations from an independent pay review body"in full".

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union in Liverpool and Doncaster who are employed by the DWP will take action from today until Christmas Eve and again from 29-31 December.

 

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A very sad reality of living with a 4% pay rise against 11% rise in reality, along with the piss taking fuel bills,, from £20 per week to £100 per week avarage = x5 from what ever you were actually paying

Maybe the government could actually negotiate properly rather than turning the country into a military state.

Good on them, fight for your rights!

Not Manchester any more?

Thank god robots aren’t greedy looking for more money 🙏

Selfish people treating us all like plebs

And they are the most miserable human beings alive ! Appreciate they stand in a Perspex box and look at pictures all day but even a smirk will do

Border Force?

No problem the corrupt Sunak would give Ukraine $300m but would never negotiate for pay increase with public workers and it’s a calamity as if he was chosen by the US led comedian Zelensky fighting a losing war at cost of Ukrainian lives for NATO eastward expansion what a price

With the border force on strike if the army/navy do there job maybe there will fewer illegals crossing the channel.

No change there then…..desks are always empty….

Nice to get a week off as well as Xmas new year work from home

Salaries for Border Force apprentices are typically around £21,431 per year. Border Force officers earn between £24,883 and £27,372 per year. Senior Border Force officers can earn between £37,450 and £41,193 per year. Is that enough to live on . Yes or no

Nurses demanding 19% are greedy sobs ! Only train drivers are worse already paid handsomely

Border Force Workers too? That means people might be able to get into the UK illegally. 🙄

Add Santa's Elves to the list.

Imagine the outcry if retail went on strike. You know, the people who kept everyone fed during the pandemic who didn't get a pay rise.

Border Force workers should be all sacked

thank u for the content 💯🔥💜

..... but where is the money supposed to come from? Also us normal people not in the public sector have not had a decent pay rise in years.... It's the norm

Just don't get sick staff in the hospitals deserve more money than they get paid in their Parliament jobs that's just my view

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