Is it right to go on strike? This week, teachers, junior doctors, tube drivers, civil servants, academics, librarians and more all plan to walk out of work. What's happening? Strike! Across Britain, normal life will come to a stop. Trains will not arrive at their stations. Teachers will not stand in their classrooms. Find out more Thousands of workers are going on strikeWhen people refuse to work until their demands for changes have been met. . They say they are not paid enough, and that they do not have all of the things they need to work. This means that they will refuse to work until they have been given better pay offers. The strikes will stop many people from doing the things they do everyday, like travelling to work.
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‘Back to the 1970s’ as UK goes on strike
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Is it ethical to go on strike?
Keywords
Strike - When people refuse to work until their demands for changes have been met.
Ancient - Very old.
Necropolis - From the Greek for 'city of the dead', a necropolis is a large, elaborate cemetery. Some of the most spectacular are those of the ancient pharaohs in Egypt.
Ramesses III - The last great monarch of the New Kingdom, ancient Egypt's golden age, in which it controlled an empire reaching as far north as modern-day Turkey and as far south as Ethiopia.
Unions - A trade union is an association of workers which can fight for the rights of workers and defend them against unfair working conditions.
Margaret Thatcher - Britain's first female prime minister and the longest-serving prime minister of the modern era.
‘Back to the 1970s’ as UK goes on strike
Glossary
Strike - When people refuse to work until their demands for changes have been met.
Ancient - Very old.
Necropolis - From the Greek for ‘city of the dead’, a necropolis is a large, elaborate cemetery. Some of the most spectacular are those of the ancient pharaohs in Egypt.
Ramesses III - The last great monarch of the New Kingdom, ancient Egypt’s golden age, in which it controlled an empire reaching as far north as modern-day Turkey and as far south as Ethiopia.
Unions - A trade union is an association of workers which can fight for the rights of workers and defend them against unfair working conditions.
Margaret Thatcher - Britain’s first female prime minister and the longest-serving prime minister of the modern era.