Public sector dismisses as 'daft' Maude's 15-minute strike plan

The Independent Sunday 13th November, 2011

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said that the Government was willing to accommodate some kind of "token action" when public-sector workers strike over pensions on 30 November. The GMB branded the suggestion "daft", while the TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said the Government was campaigning "through the megaphone of media stunts". Under...

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