Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the UK’s economy was “heading in the wind”, but warned against a “wage-price spiral” as the cost of a fuel tank reached a record 100 100. Christina McAnea, general secretary of the Unison public services union, said some of its members were likely to go on strike in the coming months as wage cuts in real terms hit the cost of living. “[Petrol price rises are] has a big impact on people with jobs which means they have to travel. “Thus, community health workers, health visitors, care workers, social workers… say they can no longer afford to do their job,” he said. “We actually hear about people who prefer to call the sick because they do not have the money to fill their cars and do their job. And more and more people are leaving public services, even in local government. “There are huge vacancies throughout the local government.” He said of the prospect of a strike: “We do not want to put low-wage workers on strike. But if there is no alternative, what else can people do? “If we have a government where they receive wage increases of 2-3% and we have inflation of 10% or even more by the end of the year and are already paying a disproportionate amount of their income on fuel, the cost of housing, energy and food, if you are a low paid worker “Or it has a huge impact on people.” McAnea, who was a housing worker in Glasgow before joining the full-time union, said Unison was already voting on local government staff in Scotland for labor action that could lead to the closure of schools. “We do not want to disturb people and we know that this has a huge impact on people. “But there comes a point where there is no alternative.” “The same thing could happen in England and Wales. “I’m not saying there will be strikes tomorrow, but there is a lot of anger out there and people are becoming more desperate.” The warning came as train strikes by members of the RMT union are expected to wreak havoc later this month. Two other unions representing drivers and support staff, Aslef and TSSA, are also considering working later in the summer, increasing the risk of a nationwide shutdown. The prime minister had previously pledged to turn the UK into a “high-wage economy”, but warned on Thursday that matching wage increases with inflation under the current circumstances threatened a “wage-price spiral” of the 1970s. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned this week that the UK’s growth could stall next year, making it the weakest growing economy outside of Russia, but with inflation still high. Ministers are expected to announce a number of public sector payrolls in the coming weeks, including nurses. Speaking to the NHS payroll review body earlier this year, the government said there was “an extremely limited margin for any further investment in wages” and that “financial constraints” were needed. The TUC warns that advancing the 3% settlement proposed by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare would amount to a 1.6 1,600 reduction in nurses’ salaries, with inflation hovering at 9% and expected to rise. Together with GMB and Unite, Unison has filed for pay for local governments, including school staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland this week, demanding a pay rise of at least £ 2,000. McAnea said: “Restricting payments is completely inappropriate when we talk about people in local government. About 50% of local government employees earn less than 25 25,000 a year. “If you are a caregiver, if you do a job in the community and you have to go and visit people and it costs you £ 100 to fill up: it is not possible.” The warning came as Johnson urged petrol retailers to be “responsible” and “caring for consumers” amid government concerns that the 5 p reduction in fuel charges announced in the Rishi Sunak spring statement was not fully transferable to motorists. “We are watching it and of course we hope the companies will be responsible,” Johnson said as he delivered a speech on the economy in Blackpool. Data from the data company Experian Catalist show that the average price of a liter of gasoline in the strongholds of the United Kingdom reached a record 182.3 p.m. on Wednesday. This was an increase of 1.6 points compared to Tuesday, raising the average cost of filling a 55-liter family car to, 100.27. RAC’s Simon Williams called it, “a really dark day for drivers today.” Understandably, ministers are considering naming and embarrassing retailers who are taking advantage of rising global energy prices to increase their profit margins. Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am A government source said the measure had been used successfully in the past – with speculation about Covid tests, for example – but warned that it was more complicated with fuel due to fluctuations in pump prices several times a day. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has already written to retailers urging them to behave responsibly and asked the competition supervisor to look into the matter.
