Strikes in UK at highest in five years as pay is hit by inflation

Country’s biggest trade unions are taking on scores of employers to challenge low wage and salary offersUnionised workers are increasingly prepared to challenge inadequate pay offers and take strike action to ensure wages keep up with the sharply rising cost of living, amid signs that workplace militancy is growing in parts of the economy.Some of the UK’s biggest unions are battling scores of firms at the same time, with the number of industrial disputes well above pre-pandemic level