Trades unions have rejected a government suggestion to hold a 15-minute symbolic strike instead of a day of industrial action over cuts to public sector pensions.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude (pictured) told the Saturday Financial Times public sector workers would be allowed to keep their pay if they down tools for just 15 minutes on 30 November, instead of the whole day as planned. Public sector workers are negotiating with government officials over proposed changes to their pensions, which will see them paying in more, receiving less, and working for longer. Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said: "Ministers had better make their mind up whether they intend to negotiate genuinely in good faith or t...
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