Up
to 3 million workers are expected to take strike
action on 30 November in the largest co-ordinated action ever seen in
the UK. The biggest unions in Britain, Unison, GMB and Unite, will join the
civil servants union PCS, the teachers, nurses, care workers and other unions
in strike action. Unison members have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in defence of their public
sector pensions. This means that 30 November will witness one of the biggest
single demonstrations of working class power since the 1926 general strike, and
it is a decisive step against the government and
its policy of austerity and cuts. In fact such is the enthusiasm of public sector workers to fight
back, that thousands have been recruited to the union. In the health sector, the vote was in
excess of 80% in favour of strike action and will mean the first day of
national action in the NHS since 1982. The size of the majority in favour of
action reflects not only the unprecedented attack on pensions, but also the government
drive towards privatisation, and the relentless attacks on health workers'
living standards. It is clear that the latest government proposals concerning
pensions represented no real concessions and were made with a view to winning
public opinion and dividing the trade unions. The Unison health service group
executive (SGE) met on 3 November, and reflected on the determination of the
members, to take action against government, with no compromise over the
existing fundamental pension rights. The dominant mood of the health SGE
meeting was that all efforts must be geared towards building for 30 November,
in order to ensure what will be the biggest day of strike action that Unison
has ever organised.
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