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I’ve never been on strike before. Here’s why today was different

OPINION: I’m walking out in solidarity with colleagues, even though I have my own problems as a freelancer

By Daniel Trilling
I’ve never been on strike before. Here’s why today was different
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) on the picket line outside Edinburgh University, 1 February 2023 | Iain Masterton/Alamy Live News
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Like half a million other people in the UK, I started this morning by going on strike.

I teach part-time at a London university and I’m joining my University and College Union colleagues in walking out, alongside train drivers, schoolteachers and civil servants who are also striking today.

But by 9am I was already back at work.

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