"A decade of unfunded, below-inflation pay awards has compounded a recruitment and retention crisis in education which has led us to this action and we maintain that unless our concerns are addressed immediately, education will continue to suffer."

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-64332790?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Anger over below-inflation pay rises has already fuelled a series of industrial disputes within public services.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23651655.ministers-stress-need-discipline-public-sector-pay-rises/?ref=rss

Britain is mired in industrial action with workers ranging from train drivers to nurses and border control officials protesting against below-inflation pay offers.

Source: https://time.com/6244750/uk-train-strikes/

Look, it's not ideal, but a below-inflation increase isn't the end of the world, especially as energy prices are falling.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11707507/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Mick-Lynch-poster-boy-current-wave-strikes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch described a landscape of “transport austerity” with thousands of jobs being cut and below-inflation pay rises offered to rail workers.

Source: https://southwarknews.co.uk/news/politics/southwark-review-of-the-year-2022-mass-strike-action/

That offer included no change to last year’s below-inflation pay increase—and offered further below inflation increases for this year and following with a lump-sum bribe.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/anger-as-union-mulls-new-royal-mail-offer-rail-strike-reballot/

The RCN says salaries for experienced nurses are 20% lower in real terms due to below-inflation pay awards since 2010, forcing many nurses to quit and contributing to record vacancies at the NHS.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nurses-england-plan-third-wave-strikes-next-month-over-pay-1711400

We have a government more interested in announcing below-inflation pay rises and insisting that there will be absolutely no discussion on them – having previously promised meagre catch-up funding despite school leaders warning it doesn’t go far enough.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/14/kids-reading-standards-are-falling-and-its-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-19125741/

"We have engaged for the last 20-odd years and in return for that our members have received pay freezes, below-inflation pay rates," she told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64242738?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA