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HEALTH workers in Germany began a two-day strike today to demand an inflation-proofed pay rise.
Hospitals, emergency services, psychiatric clinics and care facilities are all affected by the action.
Union Ver.di said the “warning” strike would send a shot across the government’s bows ahead of new pay talks starting on March 27.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
