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Protestors gather in Whitehall, London, for rally against the Government's controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes
BRITAIN saw its biggest day of strike action in a decade yesterday, as half a million public-sector workers protested over pay and working conditions in “walkout Wednesday.”
Teachers, lecturers, civil servants and train drivers withdrew their labour nationwide, with many gathering for massive demonstrations in London, Cardiff, Brighton, Liverpool, Newcastle and elsewhere.
The TUC accused the Tory government’s “Cabinet of millionaires” of being unable to understand the impact of falling real-terms wages and double-digit inflation on struggling key workers.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
KEVAN NELSON reveals how, through its Organising to Win strategy, which has launched targeted campaigns like Pay Fair for Patient Care, Britain’s largest union bucked the trend of national decline by growing by 70,000 members in two years
Hundreds travel to Birmingham to join ‘mega picket’ of striking refuse workers and supporters
![Strike Map activists visit striking refuse workers in Birmingham, April 29, 2025 [Pic: Strike Map]](https://msd11.gn.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2025-05/DSC_0759.JPG.webp?itok=MflCUwKT)
Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham