Travel into the UK is set to be affected by a workers strike over the busy Christmas season.
The Border Force at several major airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick, will walk off the job from December 23.
The officers on strike will be those checking passports upon arrival in the UK.
Rail and road strikes are also expected to be announced soon.
Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan joins us live from London for the latest updates.
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IF YOU WALK OFF THE JOB, YOU WILL BE FIRED AND REMOVED TO MAKE NO RETURN! AND WE WILL BE HAVING THE MILITARY TAKE OVER THOSE JOBS! UNDERSTOOD! 💯💯💯
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New world order keeps getting better. Thank you world economic form!
this happened earlier in the year, early summer, late summer/ autumn, World Cup and now Christmas. This is new reality in the UK.
@D C So companies can put up their prices, governments and councils can increase tax but the people can’t demand the same? labour is a commodity that carries a price, that labour is now more expensive.
@Joss Ackland’s Spunky Backpack the people can, but if a company doesn’t want to pay that price, then go look for an other job, if a business puts up their prices and I don’t want to pay then I go somewhere else, if tax goes up I look at ways to work it To my advantage, same with council tax
@Joss Ackland’s Spunky Backpack the only thing most people have is the option to withdraw their labour,. They want to ruin a business financially and then demand more money, it’s time labour was brought in to replace strikers,
@D C i’m not gonna debate your “race to the bottom” mentality i just hope nobody comes for your rights or your pay one day 🤷♂️
@MR nurses not in 100 years, well done Tories 👏
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The border force can stay on strike forever and that will stop illegal immigrants. Workers are sick to the back teeth of reading and hearing about multi million pound salaries of company bosses and all the perks our not fit for purpose MPs get. Then they have the bare faced cheek to say there is no money. Where is all our tax money going then you buffoons. Stop paying for immigrants hotels, Christmas parties for the government and the unions might be more amenable to your offers. If you want to lead by example stop taking second high paid jobs and don’t accept any pay rise
2% salary hike —- that’s really generous of the Govt.
Well done
Didn’t think we had a border force??
The question to ask is what is their pay now? They are just jumping on the strike bangwaon.
@Brummie Dave we’re not at war and the Tories have turned the NHS into a business. More importantly workers can’t afford to strike as often as they would like as the cost of living has massively increased, hence the strike coupled with the government constantly implementing laws to make it more difficult to withdraw labour instead of negotiating with workers, this a Tory hit on terms and conditions and that only.
@Joss Ackland’s Spunky Backpack We are not at war but we still paying for NHS which is a bottomless pit. We pay taxes for the NHS which mostly goes on wages plus procedurs which never be done on the NHS. As for prolonged strikes wages were a lot lower years ago and strikes hit workers harder than now. Strikers today think more about paying their mortgage but still enjoying their social life. The service industry now receive a good wage far better than others who rely on a compay making a profit. Ever looked at the salary Union leaders are on? Thank the members who they take out on strike for that. As for balleting the members regularly…forget it.
@Brummie Dave you have no idea what you’re talking about 🙄
@Joss Ackland’s Spunky Backpack You coming back with that comment proves I touched a nerve Thanks
@Brummie Dave probably the only thing the government will let you touch i’m guessing
No one to pay off now all the coke has been seized by goody goodys
2% c’mon that’s gold now a days. Inflation is only 11%
But if they strike – ANYBODY will be able to come to this country illegally. So no change there then…..
Wages and low energy prices, NOT WEAPONS!
Strike more!
lol tell me you don’t understand economics without telling me you don’t understand economics
It was almost 9% pay rise in April. What are they want? it’s so mean to the public and the people who need the service.
If they don’t like it go get a job elsewhere that pays better. Stop holding the UK tax payer to ransom.
Going off the number of illegal immigrants in the uk, will border force being on strike make any difference
The latest estimation regarding inflation to the British people if all of these unions get their way, would be around £30 billion.
Considering what a mess the Country is in already, it is the worst possible time to do this. If all of these strikers got their way, it would simply make even more people’s lives far worse than they currently are.
A pay rise to sit and look at a passport picture…Jeez! that s tough and stressful job
…. and what do you do then?
Babylon shakey !
Yahoo
Good news.
Uk is in crisis…..
You have zero public support! its just pure GREED!! We wouldn’t mind if you actually done the job you were paid to do!!
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the government should support for their request of 2% raise given the 7% CPI increase of living costs
Increase the egate paths and employ more robots or AI machines in the airport