Britain today faces one of the biggest union protests in the past decade in the public sector as teachers fold their arms alongside hundreds of thousands of civil servants and transport workers.
About 85% of the 23,000 state schools in England and Wales are closed in whole or in part due to the
protest of teachers who, like those belonging to other categories, are demanding a salary adjustment to the cost of living.
Transport has also been hit hard by the train drivers' strike, with the UK media broadcasting images of deserted London stations, and the strike involving bus drivers.
Many pickets have been organized by the unions in front of the offices of ministries, such as that of education, and in front of universities, as university staff are also involved in the agitation.
Meanwhile, the confrontation between the conservative government and the unions continues.
Education Minister Gillian Keegan criticized the teachers' protest, according to her "unnecessary" as negotiations are underway and the executive has offered the availability for a wage increase.
