As RIA Novosti notes with reference to the statement of the trade union, the state did not fulfill the demands of the strikers regarding wages, pensions and security guarantees.
In addition, another 33 thousand employees from various departments can join the participants.
On February 1, in central London, participants in the largest strike in Britain in many years began to march.
On January 11, about 25,000 ambulance workers, including nearly 1,000 call handlers, went on strike in England and Wales demanding higher wages.