UK Union Leader Warns of ‘Summer of Discontent’ as Inflation Outpaces Pay Increases

UK Union Leader Warns of ‘Summer of Discontent’ as Inflation Outpaces Pay Increases
Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, speaks at Durham Miners’ Gala in Durham, England, on July 9, 2022. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
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The leader of the UK’s biggest private sector union has warned of a “summer of discontent” as pay disputes are expected to increase amidst soaring inflation.

Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, told the BBC that there could be hundreds of disputes involving tens of thousands of people if workers are made to “pay the price for inflation.”