Walkout Wednesday: Britain hit by biggest strike in decades

Summary by Radio France Internationale

Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers walked off the job on Wednesday as the UK was hit by a coordinated strikes on a level not seen since the 1980s.

Published 2 months ago · London, United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Up to half a million to strike across UK as talks go ‘backwards’

Action by teachers, civil servants, Border Force staff and train drivers to go ahead, with ministers accused of ‘stonewalling’

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Day of disruption in U.K. as up to half a million join walkout

Thousands 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.

2 months ago·Toronto, Canada

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The Independent

Watch live: Striking workers march through London in UK’s biggest walkouts in decades

Watch live as thousands of striking workers take to the streets of London for the UK's biggest walkouts in decades.

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

Britain grinds to a halt as a half-million workers go on strike

The huge show of discontent from teachers to train drivers comes amid rampant inflation, years of stagnant wage growth and now a cost-of-living crisis.

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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South China Morning Post

Hundreds of thousands join UK strike action amid cost-of-living crisis

One estimate said half a million workers, including teachers, border officials and train and bus drivers, would walk out of their jobs across the country.

2 months ago·Hong Kong

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Channel News Asia

Half a million strike in UK as cost-of-living crisis bites

LONDON: Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday (Feb 1) leaving transport networks paralysed and thousands of classrooms empty in the largest walkout in over a decade. As Europe battles a cost-of-living crisis, Britain's umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress (TU

2 months ago·Singapore

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