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  • Union leader warns Govt of civil unrest over 'attacks' on pay and pensions (UK's Hoffa)

    09/11/2011 2:00:39 PM PDT · by SanFranDan · 15 replies
    dailymail.co.uk ^ | 11th September 2011 | David Richards
    The leader of Britain's biggest trade union today issued a stark warning to the Government that 'continued attacks' on workers' pay, jobs and pensions will provoke unrest. Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, said it was little wonder that working people were standing up for their rights in the face of the "abuse" they were having to deal with. He spoke ahead of this week's TUC Congress, which opens in London tomorrow, when calls will be made for co-ordinated industrial action against the government's public sector pension reforms. Civil servants and teachers held a one-day strike in June and further...