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World Service,14 Dec 2022,26 mins

Mass industrial action threatens to grind the UK to a halt

World Business Report

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More workers are expected to take industrial action, as demands grow for better working conditions and pay increases to keep up with rising prices. But the winter of discontent isn't just being felt in the UK. Workers in the US are jeopardizing profits of some big businesses there. Dock workers at the Port of LA are not strike but are in dispute about wages. A situation that's caused it to lose its crown as the busiest port in the northern hemisphere. We look at the impact its having on business. And while Morocco might not have been winners on the football pitch tonight their economy has been boosted by their run in the World Cup. (Picture: A view of an empty station during the strike over pay, job security and working conditions in London, United Kingdom. Credit; Getty Images.)

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