Barristers have joined the picket line today as they walk out in tears to strike over legal aid funding.
It comes as a RMT members went on strike for three days last week, meaning a lot of train services were cancelled, and a vote from BT workers could cause chaos for people working from home.
Teachers, bin workers, doctors and postal workers may also go on strike over the summer over pay and conditions.
About 50 barristers gathered outside the Old Bailey in London this morning (Monday June 27) as the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association claimed barristers are "poor persons" when it comes to the legal system.
Many of those gathered were seen wearing gowns and wigs, reports the Daily Mail.
Barristers were also in tears outside Manchester Crown Court. Other crowds gathered outside courts in the cities of Bristol and Birmingham.
"Raabed of justice. Pay for criminal bar daylight robbery," read one sign that was held up with a list of demands.
Jo Sidhu QC, CBA chairman said: "Right now we are engulfed in a crisis of epic proportions that had never afflicted this country previously, which has brought almost to a standstill the system that we all love.
"Last year, we lost another 300 criminal barristers, why? Because they could not do this job anymore on what they were being paid, and for the hours that they were toiling.'
"We are not a privileged species, we are the poor persons of the justice system."
He added: "Each and every one of the men and women standing here today and across this country make a decision that they would like to serve the public, as a prosecutor, as a defendant in order to deliver justice.
"And they have put in their time, effort and hours in order to do that but we have no respect from a Ministry of Justice which would expect us to continue without any sense of the long term survival of our industry."
The Independent Review of Legal Criminal Aid, which Sir Christopher Bellamy carried out, found the median fee income before expenses for a self-declared full practice barrister was £79,800 in 2020.
For the average full practice junior criminal barrister, their profits are £58,300.
The average earnings for the sector overall after expenses are consider range between £55,900 and £63,900.
