It is Wednesday 30th of November, and two million people have been affected by the nation-wide public sector strike.

Thousands of Schools, Hospitals, Probation Services, prisons and even the UK Border Agency are striking in protest over unfair pensions.

Some schools remained open for Year 11, so they could continue studying for their GCSE’s.

My English Teacher, Ms Greer, remained in school unpaid to teach.

When asked “What would you like the outcome of the strike to be?” She stated: ‘A return to the original plan of a guaranteed pension, that is equal to the amount of work we put in each year. I’m not really fussed about working to 65. That doesn’t bother me’.

She responded to the question: “Why didn’t you strike today?” with “I think the government are going to do what they like in this recession, regardless of the strike. The working class don’t have any power in this"

When asked to provide one word to describe the strike action, she said: “Unfair. It’s quite a boring one, but it really is true”.

For Months, the tension has been building up about the unfair pensions until the unions came to a conclusion that a nationwide strike would be the only way to get their fury across.

This is all because the government want workers in the public sector to earn less but pay MORE into their pensions, work LONGER and accept a pension based on a “career average” rather than the pension agreement they signed when starting their careers.

The Coalition Government says that these austerity changes to the pension scheme are taking place because the cost of funding these pensions is unsustainable as people are living longer.

Unions, on the other hand, say these terms will see members paying more and working longer for less.

At the end of the day, Ms Greer is right, the working class do not have any power to change the government’s decisions, as this leadership team has the wealthiest’s best interests at heart and unfortunately not ours. Roll on 7th May, 2015.

By Takiyah Duncan-Ellis Murrell (Sion-Manning)