Those strikes have been viewed as the first time that a large body of workers organised themselves in a politically-motivated action to win concessions. Teachers across England and Wales will begin a national strike today, leaving thousands of schools facing disruption and closure in fierce row over pay, pensions and teaching conditions.

Arizona teachers' strike, 26 April 2018. Education Secretary accused of 'suggesting that teachers who are in the classroom every day are making this stuff up' Home News Teachers' strike closes schools as thousands walk out across England However, official statistics on strikes weren't collected until 1891. The National Education Union (NEU) agreed a motion for a strike ballot, while the Nasuwt backed calls for a rolling programme of industrial action. Thousands of teachers marched in Glasgow last October Scotland's biggest teachers union looks set to ballot its members on strike action.

2009 UK postal strikes: nationwide United Kingdom: 2010s. General strike in Catalonia, 21 February 2019.