UK Faces Biggest Workers' Strike In More Than A Decade | UK Protest 2023 | UK News | News18

UK Faces Biggest Workers' Strike In More Than A Decade | UK Protest 2023 | UK News | News18 More than half a million British workers are due to take strike action through Wednesday, with unions across a range of sectors in industrial disputes over pay and working conditions.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 and bus drivers.Such widespread strike action has not taken place since a dispute over public sector pay in 2011, when more than a million workers are estimated to have taken industrial action.#uk #workersprotest #englishnews #latestnews #news18 n18oc_world