Who is on the beat today in the UK?

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Last week saw unprecedented industrial action, with hundreds of thousands of workers from their trade unions going on hit last Wednesday – the day of the bound budget.
Junior doctors, teachers, London Underground chauffeurs and rail workers all went on hit at many points last week.
Here is a face at what strikes are returning place over the next few days.

Who is striking today?

More than 3,100 bus drivers continue their strike action after walking out in the West Midlands at the start of the week.
National Express drivers who are Unite Union members are walking out in a file over pay.
Results of a ballot published on Saturday revealed that 71% of members carry the strike action.
This week’s strikes are going ahead despite hopes of a breakthrough following an employer offer on pay, working conditions and pensions.

Watch: UK industrial action – what strikes are coming up?

Teachers, junior doctors, state BBC journalists, university lecturers, civil servants and London Underground drivers walked out.
Before that, February saw the UK’s most important day of industrial measure in over a decade as teachers, university staff, train pilots, civil servants, bus chauffeurs and security protection all went on strike.
More workers over the coming months have settled on industrial action as the government cannot give them inflation-equal pay raises.
Some quarters, like the NHS, have called off strike as they put offers to their members.
Sky News see which industries are set to strike when they occur and which sectors are in talks.
NHS
As part of the adult day of the NHS industrial step ever, ambulance crews and call handlers to reach nurses across England in a coordinated walkout on 6 February.

Further national and local strikes took place in February and March. Still, after talks with the government, NHS unions – apart from lesser doctors with the BMA – paused any action after the majority said they would put a new hand to their members.
Talks between the BMA and Health Secretary Steve Barclay at the found of March could have improved matters.
The union said the state clerk “refused to come forth with any improved offer”.
The government said on 16 March it had offered junior doctors the aforesaid terms as other NHS unions, who set the offer to their members, but their plea for a “pay rise of 35% is not affordable”.
BMA leaders have shouted at the health secretary to meet them on 17 March to explore pay and said they would be disappointed “if you do not address with your team and a mandate this time”.
Ambulance workers at Unison and GMB called off their March pound dates in England to enter the chat with the government.

Following the talks, GMB, Unison and Unite stowed a government offer to their members, implying a one-off payment of 2% of their salary plus an added COVID recovery bonus of 4% for the 2022/23 money year and a 5% pay increase for 2023/24.
Unite, which acts for fewer ambulance workers, said while it will put the give to members, it will not money they accept it, unlike GMB and Unison.
After the proposed March beat dates were called off, Rachel Harrison, GMB national secretary, said: “GMB ambulance workers report a tightening of the derogations for cover on strike days.
“Less than 24 hours later, we sustain a sign from the Secretary of State for Health, Steve Barclay, inviting other unions and us to pay talks.
“This is a huge move from the government, who have refused to consider negotiations on pay for months.”

About 25,000 paramedics, limit care assistants, ambulance technicians, call handlers and 999 crew members from the Unison, GMB, and Unite unions stroll out over England and Wales in December.
Members were conspicuous over pay, patient safety and staffing levels, with unions saying stick shortages are crippling services every day, setting patients at risk due to the government’s omission to invest in growing demand.
Nurses went on beat on the 6 and 7 of February, following their first-ever strikes in December and January. The Royal College of Nursing’s deterrent action will extend until the government heed their demands.
The RCN had reported that its members would period a continuous 48-hour strike from 6 am on 1 March, with no services exempt.
And it would, for the first time, demand nursing staff working in the emergency sector, intensive care units, cancer care and other help that early did not participate.

However, a joint declaration from the RCN and the Department of Health and Social Care displayed they would pause the strikes while fresh talks went ahead.
Unison also paused strike action due 8 March to enter talks with the government.
On 16 March, following a chat with the government, the RCN and Unison said it would commence a new offer to its members and commend they receive it.
The offer demand:
A one-off payment of 2% of their earnings for the 2022/23 financial year.
A COVID recovery bonus of 4%.
A 5% pay increase for 2023/24.
Mr Barclay said a newly qualified nurse would get more than £1,800 this year on the peak of a pay rise of extra than £1,300 next year.

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