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The possibility of a mass strike involving nearly a million workers on 30 June came one step closer this week.

A strike by tens of thousands of government workers has paralysed Botswana in southern Africa since Monday.

Council workers in Southampton have begun a strike ballot against the Tory-run council’s plan to sack workers unless they sign up to pay cuts.

Vehicle maintenance engineers in the Unite union at Lancashire County Council struck on Wednesday of last week against cuts to their conditions as part of a "single status" job evaluation.

The Scottish Council of the Unison union has backed the call for a general strike.

Nine Journalists at North London & Herts Newspapers started a two week strike on Tuesday.

A national strike by around 7,000 call centre workers on Monday, demanding better conditions and public services, was a big success.

Tens of thousands of angry school workers joined the TUC demonstration in London on 26 March. It transformed the feeling about the possibility of resisting the cuts. This will be reflected at the NUT teachers’ union annual conference this weekend.

Thousands of NHS workers in the Unite union could join teachers, lecturers and civil service workers in a strike against the Tories’ attack on public sector pensions.

The first steps to achieve a mass strike in Britain were taken last week.

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Thousands of NHS workers in the Unite union could strike alongside teachers, lecturers and civil servants in a fight with the government over public sector pensions.