AdvertisementBritain is seeing a wave of strikes as nurses, postal workers and others walk outDecember 20, 2022Frank LangfittfacebookEmailBritish nurses picket outside St. Thomas' Hospital in London on Thursday. The nurses' union is asking for a 19% pay raise. Nurses, as well as postal workers, rail workers and some airport immigration officers, are staging walkouts over the holiday season. They are asking for pay increases as the U.K. faces nearly 11% inflation. (NPR)