Britain walks out: UK braced for biggest wave of strikes since the 1980s
Andy McSmith and Nigel Morris
"Britain is facing the largest wave of strikes since the 1980s as about 750,000 public-sector employees stage a protest against threatened changes to their pensions. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union yesterday announced that its members had voted to join teachers and university lecturers in a one-day co-ordinated walk-out on 30 June.
"There is the prospect of much larger strikes in the autumn, with other unions joining the fight. The ballot by the 300,000-strong PCS provoked fresh hints from the Government that strike laws could be rewritten if there is a return to 1980s-style union militancy.
"The strike could force thousands of parents of state school children to take a day off work or make childcare arrangements unless the handful of senior teachers uninvolved in the action keep their schools open."
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Britain walks out: UK braced for biggest wave of strikes since the 1980s, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), juin 2011. Consulté le 23/01/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/britain-walks-out-uk-braced-for-biggest-wave-of-strikes-since-the-1980s