FEWER than a third of teachers went on strike this week in a humiliation for their militant union.
And just 12 per cent of civil servants downed tools as “Walkout Wednesday” failed to cause the chaos left-wing chiefs had hoped.
1Thinly spread… striking teachers on the picket line in Truro, CornwallCredit: GettyCabinet Minister Oliver Dowden revealed the figures yesterday and praised those who went to work.
He told MPs that 70 per cent of teachers stayed in class and 90 per cent of schools were open “in one capacity or another”.
On strike day, union bosses claimed there had been widespread closures and disruption.
But Whitehall stats show 45.9 per cent of schools were fully open, 44.7 per cent partially open and 9.3 per cent closed.
Mr Dowden also paid tribute to the overwhelming majority of civil servants who did not strike for “ensuring that essential public services continued uninterrupted”.
Meanwhile, rail passengers were braced for fresh travel pain today as members of the Aslef and RMT unions walk out, leaving swathes of Britain with no services for the second time this week.
Royal Mail workers will also stage a fresh strike on February 16.
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