Sentences with phrase «series of public sector worker»

[56] In January 1979, Britain was hit by a series of public sector worker strikes that came to be known as the «Winter of Discontent.»

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The government, at the last quarter of 2015, after a series of meetings of the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) comprising government, employers» association, organized labour and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) announced a 10 percent pay rise for public sector workers across the country.

A series of strikes in the culture and heritage sector opens with walkouts by British Library workers on Thursday (16) and Friday (17), the Public and Commercial Services union announces.

Over a million public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figures.

Public sector workers are taking part in a series of strikes across the country over disputes involving pay, pensions and cuts.

YouGov also asked a series of questions about public sector pensions — 74 % of people thought that public sector pensioners got a better deal than those who worked in the private sector and 60 % of those thought they did not deserve this (predictably there was a huge difference between public and private sector workers on this question — 55 % of public sector workers thought that, yes, they did deserve better pensions than the private sector).

More than a million public sector workers are expected to strike in a series of disputes with the government over pay, pensions and job cuts.