Paul Nowak, who is appearing on Sky News at 8.30am, says disputes are normally resolved through negotiations but the government has been refusing to come to the table.
Nurses stage a protest at the picket line outside St Thomas Hospital in London in December. Pic: APThe government has been"sabotaging" efforts to resolve the wave of strikes continuing to sweep across the country, the new general secretary of the TUC has said.
Nurses, ambulance workers and other NHS staff have been joined by rail, bus and postal workers in going on strike in December. Teachers, civil servants such as Border Force officers, National Highways employees, airport baggage handlers and homeless charity employees have also walked off the job.or the mobile app.
To mark his appointment, the TUC published new analysis it said showed that workers are enduring the longest real wage squeeze in modern history. The Conservatives' decision to hold down public sector pay has left workers"hugely exposed to the cost of living crisis" and deepened the staffing crisis in the NHS, education and other public services, he said.
"We can't go on like this. We can't be a country where nurses are having to use food banks, while City bankers get unlimited bonuses. "For too long we have been trapped in a vicious Conservative cycle of stagnant growth, stagnant investment and stagnant wages.Meanwhile, Mr Nowak told The Mirror workers are at a"pivotal point" in the strikes and they are ready to strike until the summer because they have"no alternative".In an interview with the i newspaper, he said unions could boycott next year's negotiations with pay review bodies.
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