Why are so many voting for strike action?

WATCH: Unite's Onay Kasab explains why tens of thousands of Unite members are downing tools

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In what some have called the ‘winter of discontent’, a wave of strike action is engulfing the UK right now amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. Speaking to Sky News this week, Unite national lead officer Onay Kasab explained explains why tens of thousands of Unite members are taking a stand. Watch in the video clip below:

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And what about the argument that many employers have made that they simply can’t afford a pay rise for their workers? Onay busts this common myth later in the interview in the clip below:

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Compiled by Martin Scanlon