These materials will help you to build your fluency on the topic: The Industrial action and Strikes in the United Kingdom this Christmas.
Instructions for the materials: Work through the whole post, looking at the guiding questions, the different articles, videos and other sources. Focus on understanding the materials, but don't worry if you don't understand everything. Any new vocabulary that you find can be learnt most effectively using Anki flashcards. If you find a lot of new vocabulary, set a limit to how much you want to learn and only learn what you think is most relevant for yourself. When you have looked at all (or at least some of) the materials then you are ready to talk about the topic in a lesson with myself.
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Industrial Action and Strikes
Massive industrial action and strikes have been planned in the UK in December, but why? Let's start with these guiding questions;
Who in England is striking this Christmas, and what are their demands?
How likely is it that the demands will be responded to by the Government?
Is it right to go on strike at Christmas given the disruption it will cause?
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The Materials
A good starting point is the article ‘Winter of Discontent’: Why UK has been hit by a wave of strikes which given a good overview of the situation as well as the article December strikes: Who is striking and what are their pay claims?.
In a recent Prime Ministers Questions time, the Prime minister Rishi Sunak was challenged by shadow leader Kier Starmer on this issue, have a look at the full debate here; who do you think comes off better?
As always, Jonathon Pie has another emotive, expletive laden perspective on the situation.
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Okay, if you have thought about the questions, looked at the materials and thought about your ideas on the topic, then you are ready to talk about it!
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