Britain hit by biggest strike in more than a decade with schools shut and rail networks disrupted

[Zeedox]

Britain hit by biggest strike in more than a decade with schools shut and rail networks disrupted

Teachers, train and bus drivers, civil servants and university staff are joining a mass walk-out on Wednesday.

www.cnbc.com

They include 300,000 teachers in England, who the National Education Union says have experienced at least a 23% real-terms pay cut since 2010; teachers across two unions in Scotland; around 100,000 civil servants across more than 100 departments, including driving instructors, coastguards and Department of Work and Pensions staff; 70,000 university workers, including lecturers and security staff; and roughly 100,000 train drivers.

Thatcher's conservative government was elected due to massive strikes under the Labour Party. History may repeat itself here with the roles reversed.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Seems they're doing almost as well as the GOP in running their nation into the ground.