Train traffic was disrupted - today, Friday - in Britain, as railway workers demanded higher wages and better working conditions, while the momentum of social movements did not diminish in the face of rising prices.
Railway companies announced major disruptions, and some had to cancel all flights.
This is the second strike of railway workers in Britain within 3 days, after they participated on Wednesday, along with teachers and government officials, in the largest strike in the country in a decade.
The strike was called by the Associated Association of Locomotive Engineers and Firefighters (ASLIF) and the National Union of Railway, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).
The two unions are calling for higher wages for railway workers and better working conditions, while the country has been suffering from inflation of more than 10% for months.
Representatives of the railway companies denounced the unions' rejection of a proposal to increase drivers' wages by 8% over a two-year period.
"We were asked to stop collective bargaining," Simon Wheeler of the Aslife union told the BBC. "It was clear that this deal was going to be rejected and it was designed to fail."
The Rail Delivery group, which represents the companies, responded, "We had hoped that Aslev's representatives would engage in a constructive way to advance negotiations rather than organize new useless strikes."
"We can only apologize for the disruption," the employers' organization added.
Social mobilization is increasing across all sectors in the UK in the face of the cost of living crisis.
Next Monday, the nurses will go on strike again after they stopped working in an unprecedented manner in December.
These unprecedented moves since the 1980s, during the reign of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, enjoy relative popular support, especially in the health sectors, but the Conservative government still adheres to a firm stance and wants to issue legislation to limit the right to strike.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, in an interview on Talk TV on Thursday night, that he would like to give nurses a "significant increase" if he could, and said, "But it is a matter of choice," noting that the government has spent large sums of money in the field of health services. Public health despite the crisis.