UK teachers, students and civil servants join mass strike on "Walkout Wednesday"

Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants and train drivers walked out over pay on Wednesday in the largest coordinated strike action in a decade, with even more disruptions possible as the government signals it won't budge over pay demands.

The mass walkouts saw schools shut, the suspension of most rail services and even forced the military to be put on standby to help with border checks on what has been dubbed "Walkout Wednesday."

According to unions, as many as 300,000 teachers took part — the biggest group reportedly involved — as part of a wider action by 500,000 people. It's the biggest number of people involved in such job action since 2011, when civil servants walked out en masse.

With schools closed, students also took to the picket line with many calling for better pay for their teachers and some even saying that there aren't enough teachers at their schools to look after them.
Even with more walkouts planned next week among health-care workers, British Education Minister Gillian Keegan said "inflation or inflation-busting pay rises" were not realistic. She said the government was focused on lowering inflation and giving into demands for large pay increases would only fuel inflation.

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