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As workers continue to pay the price for the government’s carelessness in its response to Covid-19, joint union activity is going to be vital, says PCS leader MARK SERWOTKA
Mark Serwotka calls for a focus on bread-and-butter issues

THIS government has totally failed to get a grip on the jobs crisis facing the country. 

With a tsunami of job losses expected in the coming weeks and months, the government simply isn’t doing enough to prevent economic catastrophe for millions of people. 

It’s crystal clear that the government is failing to meet the challenge it faces, and that’s why trade unions across the public and private sector must come together to defend our communities from its reckless incompetence.

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