A Long Hot Summer of Strikes

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

After a Times Radio investigation showed that nearly a million people are considering or have confirmed strike action this summer, Matt Chorley explores what this means for the industries affected. He hears from Paul Nowak, Deputy General Secretary of the TUC, Gary Smith, the general secretary of the GMB union and Steven Fielding, Professor of political history at the University of Nottingham.

PLUS Danny Finkelstein and Oliver Kamm discuss the Government's Rwanda flights and accentism.

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0:22.0	Busy is good for business.
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0:38.0	Hello, this is the Webbox Podcast.
0:40.0	I'm Matt Churley, one out all out.
0:42.0	We are facing apparently a long hot summer of strikes.
0:46.0	It's what union leaders are warning.
0:48.0	We've done some research.
0:50.0	There's just three quarters of a million people could end up taking part in some sort of industrial action this year.
0:54.0	We'll speak to some of the union leaders and find out why.
0:56.0	We'll look at the economic impact and put into some historical context too.
1:00.0	Before that, though, as ever, we kick off with our columnist panel.
1:04.0	And on a Tuesday, it's Finkelvitch.
1:06.0	But no, Vitch, David and one of it.
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