UK: Liz Truss promises to toughen up on social movements

Prime Minister Liz Truss during her first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on September 7, 2022. AP - Frank Augstein

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There will be no mail this Thursday for the British, the postal workers are on strike.

The United Kingdom is going through a social movement in transport, education, municipal services.

All are calling for better salary conditions, in the context of inflation at more than 10%.

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has planned to tackle the strikers. 

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With our correspondent in London,

“

,” said candidate Liz Truss at the end of July, in the midst of a series of strikes in all sectors.

” measures

against the strikers and

confirms this desire. 

The Truss government

intends, "

", to oblige the important sectors, such as transport or the postal workers, who are on strike this Thursday, to provide a minimum service.

This would in fact limit the right to strike.

The new Prime Minister would also have instructed Jacob Rees-Mogg, in charge of Business, to “

” the texts surrounding the protection of workers.

She has regularly assumed that she wants to get rid of a number of regulations in the name of competitiveness. 

The unions are demanding clarity on the government's plans, while the first days were devoted to the energy crisis.

Autumn, and the beginning of the Truss era, should remain socially busy: in addition to lawyers, Scottish garbage collectors and railway workers, new mobilizations could be called in hospital services and schools. 

►Also read: United Kingdom: Prime Minister Liz Truss takes office in a context of crises

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