Jamie Durrani

UK-based employees at the scientific publisher Springer Nature are taking strike action today in a dispute over pay. The move comes after negotiations broke down in April, with union representatives citing Springer Nature’s high profit margins as evidence of its ability to improve employees’ pay as they struggle with dramatic increases in the cost of living.

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