Strikes or ballots for industrial action are being announced virtually every day as workers across the country join the growing campaign for "decent" pay rises in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.Unions have described it as a "summer of solidarity" amid worsening industrial relations and accusations from union officials that the Government is doing little or nothing to help workers struggling with mounting bills.

Strikes or ballots for industrial action are being announced virtually every day as workers across the country join the growing campaign for "decent" pay rises in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.Unions have described it as a "summer of solidarity" amid worsening industrial relations and accusations from union officials that the Government is doing little or nothing to help workers struggling with mounting bills.