Rail workers are striking today, along with some bus drivers and highways workers. Nurses and ambulance workers are preparing for industrial action next week.
Rail workers will enter the second half of their latest 48-hour strike today as the business secretary says he is hopeful that a resolution can be found"sooner rather than later".
Grant Shapps was speaking to Sky News as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union prepared for another day of industrial action in their long-running dispute over pay and conditions."We do think there are some reasonable pay deals on the table...when it comes to trains, there's an offer there on the table of some 8-9% depending on the particular area people are in, in return for modernisations.
On Friday, RMT chief Mick Lynch told Sky News that he was"always optimistic" that a resolution could be found in the dispute, despite a lack of progress so far.
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