Two million public sector workers walked off the job this morning in the UK. They are protesting widespread government cuts to pensions.
Over half of the schools in the UK had to shut its doors this morning due to the strike. But the airports appear to be unaffected.
Negotiations over a deal with civil servants have been going on since February. But the government has vowed not to budge from the current proposal.
Conservative Party Prime Minister David Cameron called the strike irresponsible and damaging.
The largest civil service union said that if the government doesn’t make concessions the UK will see even larger scale strikes.