A public sector worker stands on a picket line during a strike outside the Vancouver House building in Middlesbrough town centre.
The strike is part of a country wide action that will see an expected 1.5 million workers including teachers, firefighters and civil servant members of public sector unions such as Unison, Unite, GMB, PCS, FBU and NUT take part in the strike over pay, pensions and working conditions.
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