As thousands of teachers and other public sector workers took to the streets today, Twitter was awash with pictures from the various rallies and picket lines across the country. 

NUT members at a picket line in sunny Leicester (@NUTonline)

Teachers are striking over pay, pensions and working conditions (@NUTonline)

Earlier today protesters began to converge in Liverpool (@RoperCarl)

Strikers also came together at London’s Trafalgar Square (@UCU)

And as with all good strikes, there were Zombies (@UKuncut)

Even little ones (@UKuncut)