While if the economic woes of the UK were not enough, here is another shocker as Teachers, hospital staff and border guards have gone in strike today. There is rising disagreement over reforms, according to which people would have to work more before they can retire and further, would have to shell out extra for their pension.

It has been confirmed that there are 30 trade unions which are joining the strike, which is told to be the biggest strike since 1979. While the concerns are genuine, Finance minister George Osborne has heavily criticized the decision made by the public servants. There are lingering fears that this strike could do a lot of damage to regular working of schools, hospitals and other government-run organizations. It’s being believed by the government that the decision to freeze the country would not do any good for the general public but would add further problems for the economic growth.

There has been long running concern for the government to sustain rising pension cost and that’s why strategic moves are being taken for the same. This strike is being seen as similar to what happened in other continental European countries where budget deficits had affected general public to significant extent.

Moreover, there are fair chances that some of the flights into London Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, would be cancelled. However, the government has roped in some volunteers to help take the place of striking border guards so that damage could be controlled.

“Our economy can afford decent pensions, the cost of public sector pensions is due to fall over coming decades", said Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, who is mastering the strike. "We're not going to solve our problems in our economy by hammering down the living standards of six million public service workers”.