London staff from the Border Force authority responsible for passport control on arrival stopped work at six airports across the country and the ferry terminal in Newhaven on Friday. London, Heathrow and Gatwick airports, as well as Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Cardiff airports were affected.
The estimated 250,000 passengers expected at British airports on Friday have been warned that there may be longer waiting times. In some cases, members of the armed forces who had been trained in short-term passport control were deployed. According to the PA news agency, Heathrow and Gatwick airports initially said on Friday morning that operations would continue as normal. With the exception of 27.12. strike every day of the year that is about to end.
The UK will be gripped by an unprecedented strike wave in December. Postmen also went on strike on Friday. Highway maintenance workers continued a multi-day strike that began on Thursday. Nursing staff, ambulance drivers and railway workers had already stopped working. Several of these strikes will also resume in the coming days. Workers are demanding more money in the face of high inflation and several years without wage increases, but the government has remained stubborn and refuses to negotiate any offers that were initially made.
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