Public sector strike fails to bring country to standstil

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Telegraph

Britain's biggest strike for more than 30 years appeared to be less disruptive than feared today as more than a quarter of schools opened and major transport hubs were running smoothly.

Travellers had been warned of 12-hour queues at London’s Heathrow airport, while thousands of striking teachers were expected to force millions of pupils to stay at home.
However, the mayhem predicted by the mass walkout of more than two million public sector staff failed to materialise this morning with both Heathrow and Gatwick airports reporting no disruption to passengers.

The Department for Education (DFE) also said thousands of schools had been unaffected with around 13 per cent operating as normal, and a further 13 per cent partially open.

Unions meanwhile claimed that the walkout was being solidly supported and predicted that November 30 would go down in history as the biggest day of industrial action since the 1979 Winter of Discontent. Hospitals, courts, Government offices and other services are also affected by the strike.

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