Biggest strikes in a decade as 500,000 walk out across UK

There are more public sector strikes to come, next looks like the firefighters

Thousands of public sector workers have joined the biggest coordinated industrial action in a decade.

About half a million workers walked out around the UK, demanding pay rises in line with inflation.

Civil servants, teachers, university and college staff and some rail workers all joined picket lines and rallies protesting at the UK Government’s move to limit strike action.

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