Sharjah24 - AFP: Teachers and train drivers dominate a fresh round of UK-wide strikes Wednesday aimed at securing pay rises that would ease a cost-of-living crisis caused by soaring inflation.
Large disruption to education and commuter travel is anticipated in the latest mass stoppages by public and private sector workers as the government and company bosses stand firm over wage demands.
The UK is set to see Wednesday the "biggest day of strike action since 2011", with up to 500,000 workers planning industrial action, according to umbrella group the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
Others on strike include border force workers carrying out immigration and customs checks at UK air and sea ports.
Britain has witnessed months of strikes from tens of thousands of workers, including also by postal staff, lawyers, nurses and employees in the retail sector, as UK inflation raced above 11 percent, the highest level in more than 40 years.
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