Thursday, June 16, 2011

UK Unions Planning Massive Strikes

Britain will witness the biggest strikes by public sector workers in decades if the government does not relent on its scheme to reform pension plans, cut jobs and reduce salaries, UK unions have warned.

Union leaders claim that at least 1-million state workers could walk out on their jobs this fall, if the coalition government of Prime Minister David Cameron continues to press on with its reform proposals.

Dave Prentis, the General Secretary of UNISON, the U.K.’s largest public sector union, further warned the industrial unrest could last for months.

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