Unions demand coordinated fall strikes as cost of living crisis deepens

Unite and Unison, the country's largest unions, have submitted motions calling for synchronized walkouts ahead of the TUC's annual conference next month

Dockers go out to the port of Felixstowe in Suffolk (

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Britain faces a coordinated strike this fall as unions step up wage demands amid the cost of living crisis.

Unite and Unison, the country's biggest unions, have submitted motions calling for synchronized walkouts ahead of the TUC's annual conference in Brighton next month

Anger is mounting over the government's inaction in the face of the spiraling cost of living crisis as Britons face sky-high energy bills and rising prices for household goods current consumption.

Railway staff, lawyers and dockworkers went on strike this summer, with nurses and teachers set to vote for walkouts in the fall.

The action would not be a general strike, with the unions instead asking the TUC to help coordinate the walkouts for maximum impact.

Unit leader Sharon Graham (

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Unite's motion, which was backed by rail union RMT and the CWU, asks for help to "facilitate and encourage industrial coordination between unions".

A separate Unison motion declares the cost of living disaster a 'low pay crisis' and also calls for the TUC to coordinate industrial action to campaign for pay rises 'at least online with inflation" as well as for a salary of £15. minimum hourly wage.

TUC Head of Public Services Kevin Rowan said the union organization would 'support and encourage' unions in this move, to make strikes 'as effective' as possible.

Mr. Rowan told Sky News: "The fact is we see energy costs rising 35 times faster than wages, food bills rising, housing costs rising.

"The only thing that's not going up is people's salaries."

A TUC spokeswoman said: 'This Conservative government is now developing a co-ordinated plan to prevent workers from protecting their pay and conditions - and workers are on the brink.