Unions Get a Taste for Mass Strikes After UK’s Day of Action
Half a million people walked out of jobs over pay on Wednesday
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Striking workers march past Trafalgar Square during a “Right To Strike Rally” during joint strike action by train drivers, teachers, university staff and civil servants, in London, on Feb. 1. Photographer: Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg
The UK’s labor unions emerged emboldened from the country’s worst day of strikes for a decade, threatening further coordinated action to force the government’s hand in pay negotiations.
As many as half a million workers walked out on Wednesday, disrupting airports and ports, closing mainline stations and shuttering schools.
