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2 million decide on July 10 mass strike
Trade unionists urge members to say Yes to biggest public-sector walkout in years
HUNDREDS of thousands of workers will decide within hours whether to join the ranks of what is now poised to be the biggest co-ordinated public-sector strike in years.
Two million public-sector workers could now join a July 10 mass walkout with the result of a ballot of general union GMB’s 220,000 local government members revealed this week.
Unison, Unite and PCS members are also being balloted in protest at a pay offer worth 1 per cent for most local authority employees.
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