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Strike-weary Britons may face further travel disruption on Friday, when road traffic officers and control-room staff begin a two-day action, the latest in a wave of walkouts sweeping across Britain.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union working for National Highways in the southwest and the West Midlands will strike, a move the union said would reduce their ability to respond to crashes and could delay the reopening of roads. Further walkouts are planned for next week.
The move follows a string of industrial actions in the UK, from railway staff and Border Force officers to nurses and ambulance drivers. Workers are demanding raises to stop the fastest inflation in decades from eroding their incomes.
Matters look set to worsen next week when staff at rail networks walk out just as commuters return to work after the holidays.
While the UK government acknowledged that the strikes are causing “massive disruption†for ordinary people, it reiterated Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s opposition to large pay increases on the grounds they will further stoke inflation.