Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 21 June 2022

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1. PM rail strike plan is ‘unsafe’

Boris Johnson intends to break rail strikes, which start today, by allowing firms to bring in agency workers, according to The Guardian. The PM’s reported plan has been denounced by unions as unworkable, unsafe and potentially in breach of international law. Johnson accused unions of “too high demands on pay” but the Trades Union Congress (TUC) said his agency plan would make disputes long and bitter. Thousands of staff at Network Rail and 13 rail operators walked out from midnight after last-ditch talks to avoid the strikes failed.

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