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750,000
British workers to protest pension changes
Wednesday June 29, 2011 06:14:20 PM,
IANS
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London:
Around 750,000 public sector workers, including teachers from
17,000 schools across Britain, will stage a protest Thursday
against the government's proposed changes to their pension, a
media report said.
The protesters also include lecturers and civil servants, the
Daily Express reported.
Union leaders have said the "unfair" pension changes mean staff
will have to work longer, pay more and get less when they retire.
The University and College Union said it was expecting
"significant disruption" at 350 colleges and 75 universities.
Union general secretary Sally Hunt said: "Staff in further
education colleges and universities will be walking out because
they recognise the unfairness of the government's proposals."
"This is a government that has already presided over an increase
in the income of the richest 1,000 people by 18 percent, yet still
has the nerve to call hard-working teachers' pensions
gold-plated," she said.
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