We'll *Do Something" about the strikes

It's not up to the Posties to work out where the money will come from. That's what management are for. If an organisation can't organise itself well enough to pay its employees a suitable wage, or collaborate with them to come to an agreement, then the management aren't doing their job.

If people can't strike, they will be taken advantage of by the kind of management that thinks it can get away with it. Not all managers are like that, not by a long chalk, but some are.

I understand the pay issue but if inflation then rises, that pay increase will be worth less.

Royal Mail say they are losing £1million a day through strikes, so where do the posties think the pay increase will come from? I order a lot of goods online and deliveries are very rarely via Royal Mail these days, mostly from DPD, Evri/Hermes, etc.

The Army will step in and provide a basic service some essential workers will be ordered back to work. We will all suffer a lot of inconvenience, as usual.

The government could do much more but won’t, they want “unreasonable” workers to take the blame

It’s too late for the current and proposed round of strikes over Christmas, they will happen because there’s no way he will get any legislation through before then. I think the situation will get much worse very quickly if he tries to introduce a no strike clause, this could well bring the government down.

Winter of discontent? I still remember 1978 to 9 when even some gravediggers went on strike and along with the rubbish piling up in the streets was enough to put Maggie Thatcher in power!
A change of government is probably a good thing.

(Just a note - Ambulance are not emergency services, they new a class below, "essential services")

Like what?
I understand the pay issue, but for the postal workers, they’re handing over their jobs-which they may never get back. Firms e.g. Curry’s are already turning to other providers.
Where will all the money come from to make these pay rises-and will success turn into a never ending cycle of strikes.

This will be unpopular but I do not think emergency services should be allowed to strike.

I am not sure what the solution is though.