Trade Unions and UK Government Hold Talks in Bid to End NHS, Rail, and Teachers’ Strikes

People stand on a picket line during a rail workers strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT), outside London Euston station in London on Jan. 6, 2023. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images

Government ministers have been meeting the leaders of three separate trade unions in an effort to bring to an end some of the industrial action which has caused disruption all over Britain.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay met leaders of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and other unions in London about pay demands in the National Health Service (NHS).