Lecturers in the UK refuse to mark exams in labor dispute, leaving thousands unable to graduate

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3. That's generally the case with public employees

You can't actually hurt the politicians apart from making them look bad for not solving it, or hurt the managers. You have to get public opinion to say "pay them", "fix their pensions", "keep them employed" or whatever.

This boycott has not got much publicity, compared with the concurrent postal workers', teachers', or health service employees' strikes (which affect more of the public at once), so I doubt this will get resolved soon.