12 pictures Liverpool's historic day of solidarity
This was Liverpool's biggest show of solidarity in living memory
Thousands of workers from across Merseyside were on strike today as part of a day of co-ordinated industrial action.
Teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers who were part of unions walked out to go on strike on Wednesday, February 1. Over 3,000 people joined a huge march in Liverpool City Centre, creating one of the biggest strikes the city has seen in living memory.
Large portions of the crowd were made up of teachers and school support staff. Thousands had walked out across the region in a bitter row over pay and conditions, with the National Education Union and other unions opposed to a 5% pay offer which is only half the current rate of inflation.
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Our reporters and photographers were at picket lines at schools, universities and train stations across the region today speaking to a number of people striking. Here are 12 of the best pictures from Liverpool's historic day of solidarity.
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Teachers on demo march in Liverpool city centre, after members of the National Education Union stage their first day of strike action over pay and conditions
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Hundreds of people were in the city centre supporting workers
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People congregated outside The Adelphi
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Some workers even had their pets on at the demonstration
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A march took place around Liverpool City Centre
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There were dozens of creative banners
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Teachers Strike picket line outside Formby High School
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ASLEF Picket line outside Lime Street Station
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PCS Union picket line outside Redgrave Court, Bootle
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Teachers Strike picket line Great Crosby Catholic Primary School
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Teachers Strike picket line outside Formby High School, Formby
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More than 3000 people attended the city centre demo
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