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Alan Bleasdale pens ‘gritty southern drama’ about public sector strikes

Osborne. Detention!Bleasdale’s film features striking teachers in grim Southern town Richmond-Upon-Thames who join a brass band as the hardships start to bite.

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Posted: Dec 2nd, 2012
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Special Forces unit drafted in to cover for striking call-centre staff

An elite SAS battalion has been deployed to cover for striking customer support staff at Dyson’s Derbyshire call centre.

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Posted: Apr 5th, 2012
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Soldiers ready to replace any striking workers, claims Government

Following the Government’s announcement that Army and RAF service personnel had been ready to perform the work of striking tanker drivers, it was revealed their training will now also encompass all of the traditional ‘stroppy leftie’ professions left in the country.

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Posted: Mar 30th, 2012
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Unite Leader calls for competency on ‘a day of actual action’

revolution of trains' wheels not part of the dealUnite Leader Len McCluskey has today called on his members to ‘show up at work and make sure things go smoothly’ in a bid to disrupt this year’s Olympic games in London.

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Posted: Mar 1st, 2012
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Surprise as George Osborne encourages ‘more unpaid strikes’

The Chancellor denied rumours of a strike and insisted that the Government had gifted a one-day unpaid holiday to Britain’s hard-working public servants.

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Posted: Nov 30th, 2011
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