Heading towards a general strike?

I support all the strikers, I think that it is perhaps easier to identify with strikers in industries in which we, or family members , have some experience. But I don't believe that anyone goes on strike lightly, they all have their reasons.
The money paid to Chris Grayling is an added insult.

GMB to ballot over 100,000 local government workers over pay

CK Hutchinson Holdings is a massive Hong Kong based group with interests world wide and is in the hands of one man and his family

In the UK it owns:

Eversholt Rail Group
UK Power Networks
Northern Gas Networks
Northumbrian Water Group
Wales & West Utilities

Felixstowe port, and probably others, I haven't looked that far.

It runs 3 mobile phone networks in the UK and world wide and has a Health and Beauty division which includes Super Drug.

I don't think it would have a problem with a pay rise for the dock workers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CK_Hutchison_Holdings

Well, well, surprise surprise!

It sounds terribly British, doesn't it.

I hope that everyone whose only income is their State pension and who supports wage increases equal to or above the rate of inflation won’t be complaining here about how much their outgoings have increased as a result.

Outgoings are increasing at an enormous rate, even without any pay rise.

Imagine the increases if all the demands for wage increases at or above the rate of inflation are met.

Imagine if profiteers, diverted their profits to paying higher wages rather than higher salaries for the executives or excessive shareholder payout.

How do you define profiteers?

Inflation has not been caused by wage increases this time. It does not seem quite fair to single out one group of strikers to support.

By and large, it hasn’t yet - but what will be the result of large wage increases on existing high prices?

I cant identify a group of workers I believe to be making unreasonable demands. The criminal law barristers and nurses for example, no argument they need pay rises

If the government keep their promise about the triple lock pension then in April 2023 the state pension will increase by the rate of inflation.