London Strikes, Aerial View Of Central London While Workers Go On Strike, English News, News18

Thousands of schools in the U. K. closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports Wednesday in whats 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 costofliving crisis. The Trades Union Congress, a federation of unions, estimated that up to half a million workers, including teachers, university staff, civil servants, border officials and train and bus drivers, will walk out of their jobs across the country. More action, including by nurses and ambulance workers, is planned for the coming days and weeks. Britons have endured months of disruptions to their daily lives as a bitter dispute over pay and work conditions drags on between unions and the government. But Wednesdays strikes mark an escalation of disruptive action across multiple key industries. , londonstrikes, uk, london, englishnews, britain n18ocworld