Half a million workers are set to go on strike this week due to a dispute over pay and working conditions. Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards from several trade unions are set to walk out on Wednesday, February 1.
It is set to be the biggest day of industrial action in over a decade. On the same day, protests will be held across the country against the UK Government's controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strike action.
Striking unions and local trades councils have organised rallies in towns and cities across the UK, including outside the HMRC building in Cardiff and on Castle Square in Swansea. According to the general secretary of TUC, Paul Nowak, Wednesday is said to be a "really important day" for workers and members of the public to show support for those taking action to defend pay, jobs and services, as well as for the right to strike.
