In 2022, both unionised and non-unionised workers across Britain participated in strikes over summer amid the living cost crisis, as workers' wages failed to keep pace with inflation, which hit a 40-year high in June at 9.4% annually, resulting in a decline in real wages. Workers engaging in industrial action, including rail workers, postal workers, warehouse workers, workers in communication services and food manufacturing workers, reported poor working conditions, below-inflation pay offers, and threats of redundancy.