Nearly 50 schools in North Somerset will be closed today, as teachers join more than 16 thousand public sector workers on strike in Somerset...

They're angry over the government's planned changes to pensions...which will make them pay more and work longer...

Nancy is a teacher from Worle:

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Libraries in Weston, Banwell, Congresbury and Nailsea are shut today and there could be problems at Bristol Airport as immigration officials there join the strike...

Nigel Costley is from the TUC South West

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It's not just in Somerset that workers are striking either - this is happeneing across the country...

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Danny Alexander - has been leading the pension reform negotiations with Unions on behalf of the government.

He believes they should have allowed the talks to continue before taking action.

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