Inside Greater Manchester's summer of strikes as thousands of workers walk out
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThousands of workers are set to strike across the region in the coming months in what has been branded the summer of discontent.
The country is set for a level of industrial action unseen since the winter of discontent in 1978, which was characterised by widespread strikes by private, and later public sector trade unions.
Staff on the nation's railways and buses have already staged mass walk-outs, causing major travel disruption, with the chaos set to continue as more strike action was announced for July and August. READ MORE:Ambulances treated as 'extra wards' as patients stuck outside hospitals for hours Postal workers across the country and barristers working in Manchester's crown courts have also began industrial action in a row over pay, as the cost of living crisis tightens its grip.
It comes as the government announced more than one million NHS staff will receive an increase of at least £1,400, with the lowest earners to receive up to 9.3 pc, while dentists and doctors will get a 4.5 pc rise, police 5pc and teachers between 5 and 8.9pc.
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