750,000 Participate in England's general strike
Mirror UK - THOUSANDS of furious workers are staging a mass walkout today to fight Government plans to savage their pensions.
The strikes by around 750,000 teachers and civil servants will be the biggest day of industrial action since Margaret Thatcher was PM in the 1980s.
Hard-pressed staff have already been hit by savage Coalition cutbacks and are incensed over proposals to hammer their pensions.
Thousands of schools in England and Wales will be closed today while ports and airports will be disrupted. Driving centres, courts, job centres and even Downing Street will also be affected. Read more.
The strikes by around 750,000 teachers and civil servants will be the biggest day of industrial action since Margaret Thatcher was PM in the 1980s.
Hard-pressed staff have already been hit by savage Coalition cutbacks and are incensed over proposals to hammer their pensions.
Thousands of schools in England and Wales will be closed today while ports and airports will be disrupted. Driving centres, courts, job centres and even Downing Street will also be affected. Read more.
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