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offices and pushed the protesters behind a barricade. on thursday, ranil wickremesinghe was sworn in as president. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. around the world, there are signs of deepening worker discontent. inflation is outstripping wages, global corporations stand accused of putting profits before people, while many governments see organised labour as a threat. why, then, is the union movement seemingly in retreat? have workers los...

well, my guest is long time boss of the international trade union confederation, sharan burrow. do workers have problems that unions cannot fix? sharan burrow in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. good evening. good to have you on the show. lets look at what is happening in the world right now. we have a spike in energy costs right around the world. we have rising inflation in many countries and a squeeze on the cost of living. how grim do you think the prospects for your members, for work...

investigate the alleged war crimes. ukrainian police say they have already found the bodies of more than 1200 civilians in the kyiv region alone. and, a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border, with its own rail track, electricity and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the uks rate of inflation — the measure of the rise in the cost of living — has hit ...

Could push the cost of living even further, and would hurt the least well—off. for more on this, i spoke earlier to business correspondent marc ashdown. it is the pace of course at which the prices of goods and services we pay for is rising. at the moment it is at about 10.4%. the bank wants it to be at 2%. it bumbles along at 2% normally. but it has gone up hugely over the past year and that is having an impact on our pockets, the cost of energy and fuel, and staples like cheese and milk have...

Double digit rises for many. this has been driven by global factors with a hangover from has been driven by global factors with a hangoverfrom covid has been driven by global factors with a hangover from covid and the war in ukraine. what andrew bailey is worried about is it turns into domestic inflation and everything drives up and inflation could stay higherfor drives up and inflation could stay higher for longer.— drives up and inflation could stay higher for longer. sounds like a big ask, ...

If workers push for wage rises, and im going to talk to you about the uk to start with because the uk has an inflation rate of 9, knocking on io%, but there are key sets of workers, from the rail industry to the health service, doctors, barristers, all pushing for double digit rises in their wages or salaries. and ijust put it to you one more time that if they get what they want, that is above inflation rises, we are going to see that wage price spiral that has become so familiar to us, and they...