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February 6, 2023

U.K. Medical Workers Stage Largest Strike in History of National Health Service
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In Britain, tens of thousands of nurses and EMTs launched a coordinated
strike today, the largest labor action in the history of the
government-run National Health Service. More strikes are planned during
the week, as health workers ramp up their demands for a living wage amid
the U.K.'s worst inflation in four decades. This is a striking nurse.

Ethna Vaughn: "I think we're going to find it harder and harder to
recruit, harder and harder to retain stuff. A lot of people have left
the profession already because they're so disillusioned. I think we've
got to look to the future, and that's what this is all about."

The nurses' work stoppage comes amid a wave of strikes across various
sectors in the U.K.


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