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In? absolutely not holding the government to ransom. it - in? absolutely not holding the government to ransom. it is i in? absolutely not holding the i government to ransom. it is not in? absolutely not holding the - government to ransom. it is not me that tells people to go on strike or union leaders calling people out on strike. the decision to take action is made by hundreds of thousands of workers who are at the end of their tether. there is a responsibility on government. we said it is time for the prime minister and chancellor to talk seriously about pay. they have to because we have sta...

University staff are also continuing their strike action, and there are more teacher strikes planned. so unless an agreement is reached soon, there could be more empty classrooms in the coming months. vanessa clarke, bbc news, leeds. as well as teachers, there are also workers from a number of other sectors taking industrial action. train drivers represented by aslef and the rmt unions are on strike in a dispute about pay, job security and working conditions. rail industry bosses say change is needed to afford pay increases and modernise the railway. around 100,000 civil servants in 124 govern...

It's wednesday, 1st february. hundreds of thousands of workers are going on strike today, in the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. among them are more than 100,000 teachers in england and wales. teachers in some parts of scotland are also taking action in a separate dispute. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted, with many having to close. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it's been a familiar sight in scotland for months. but for the first time in seven years, teachers in england, and teachers and support staff in wales, are joining the act...

Starting a fresh three—day strike affecting more than fifty routes in south and west london. some businesses are now calling for an end to all strike action as they say they're being badly affected. from our perspective, we just want the grown—ups to get around the table and find solutions as quickly as possible, because small businesses are the collateral damage in all of this. unless they can get some certainty and clarity, it is very difficult for them to plan at this time. so there's a lot going on. remember you can get the latest on all the industrial action and how it could affect yo...

Because there would be no need for industrial action. 0n the other side of town is the halifax academy. there are more than 40 members of staff in the national education union who could potentially go on strike. if you've got a capital 0, have you got it right or wrong? staff don't have to notify the school if they intend to go on strike and the head won't be using supply teachers to cover classrooms. at the moment, it looks like we will be closing when there's been such drastic funding cuts in education for such a long time. it's so under—resourced. staff are on their knees and something ha...