U.K. Public Workers Begin Biggest Strike in Decades

http://www.salon.com/2011/11/30/border_staff_teachers_join_one_day_uk_strike/

     This article, by David Stringer, discusses the strike occurring in the U.K.  According to the article, "U.K. border staff joined teachers, hospital workers and weather forecasters Wednesday in Britain's largest strike in decades".  Labor unions claimed that up to 2 million public sector staff joined the strike also making this strike the largest one since the Winter of Discontent in 1979.  The protest was due to the "government demands that public sector staff work longer before receiving a pension and contribute more money each month", sharp public spending cuts, and pay rises will be limited to 1% through 2014.  The protest cause many airline delays and many of the protesters wore t-shirts saying, "Get Angry and Fight Back".  In a way this protest relates to the "Occupy" movement in the Unites States.  They are similar in the fact that they are extremely popular.  In a way though, unlike the "Occupy" movement, the protest in the U.K. appears to have a major amount of people that have a reason for protesting yet many of those in the U.S. protest appear to be protesting without reason.
     Stringer used pathos by appealing to the emotions of his readers.  He made them feel bad for those that are protesting.  He appeared to display his bias by hinting that he wants the protesters to be successful.  He did so by getting direct quotes from protesters that make the reader want to help them.  For example one woman said, "I'm worried about my pension. I'm worried about my son's future".  This causes the reader to feel sympathy for these people.