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Up their pay in tough times, says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. you know, for workers, they've had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and quite honestly, if what that means is that an employer who can pay, an employer who's made profit, an employer who has made profit out of workers, has to pay a proper, fair wage to those workers. union reps from british airways meet to discuss whether to accept the airline's latest pay offer. when we absolutely know that these staff shortages, of the pandemic. at a time like this, disputes about pay are no surpr...

An employer who's made profit, an employer who has made profit out of workers, has to pay a proper, fair wage to those workers. here, union reps from british airways meet to discuss whether to accept the airline's latest pay offer. when we absolutely know that these staff shortages are there because they fired and rehired in the pandemic. at a time like this, disputes about pay are no surprise. but in some workplaces, unions are beginning to assert themselves. but you are winning double digit pay. well, yes, absolutely. so we've won 23% in some of the industries. we've won 23% in the logistics...

Circumstances in which they pay rises start to be given. 0n the second side you've got the whole of the public sector. now, the treasury has keeping the raise they are sort of two to 3%, but that is not going to look very attractive if inflation is at 7% when those wage settlements for nurses, please send someone come up for nurses, please send someone come up for renewal. so a lot of very difficult questions being asked of the government.— difficult questions being asked of the rovernment. . ,, , ., , . the government. thank you very much indeed forjoining _ the government. thank you very m...

But that's in the past. what's happening now is a shock to prices and energy and in taxation. the big question is whether wages rise to compensate for inflation at over 7%. the chancellor not backing calls for wage restraint in the private sector, but seems to for public sector workers. when it comes to private wage settlements, i don't think it's the government's role, actually, to get involved. with regard to the public sector, the process we have is an independent process, and what that process does is balance making sure that pay awards are affordable for the taxpayer ultimately who is pay...

The chancellor not backing calls for wage restraint in the private sector, but seems to for public sector workers. when it comes to private wage settlements, i don't think it's the government's role, actually, to get involved. with regard to the public sector, the process we have is an independent process, and what that process does is balance making sure that pay awards are affordable for the taxpayer ultimately who is paying for all of them, but also making sure that we value public sector workers appropriately and also ensure that we can recruit and retain the workers that we need. the mini...