Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in coordinated strike on Wednesday.
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“I am clear that our children’s education is precious and they deserve to be in school today being taught,” he said. Taking part in the march, primary school teacher Hannah Rice, 32, said she hoped the scale of the action would send the government a strong message. “If the government doesn’t do something about it, I think we will see more days like today with more and more unions joining in,” PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka told Reuters.Article contentWith inflation running at more than 10% – the highest level in four decades – Britain has seen a wave of strikes in recent months across the public and private sectors, including health and transport workers, Amazon warehouse employees and Royal Mail postal staff.
So far the economy has not taken a major hit from the industrial action, with the cost of strikes in the eight months to January estimated by the Centre for Economics and Business Research at about 1.7 billion pounds , or about 0.1% of expected GDP.Article contentBut the strikes may be having a political impact on Sunak’s government.
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Day of disruption in U.K. as up to half a million join walkoutThousands of schools in the U.K. are closing some or all of their classrooms, train services will be paralyzed and delays are expected at airports Wednesday in what's shaping up to be the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade, as unions step up pressure on the government to demand better pay amid a cost-of-living crisis.
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