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Pension Strike In Britain, March 2006

by source: indy.uk - 29.03.2006 00:00

Tuesday 28th March 2006 saw over a million workers take part in the largest one day strike in Britain since the general strike of 1926. Every town, borough and city in the country saw workers set up multiple picket lines to defend their pension rights. This attack on pension rights is part of the global neo-liberal attack on welfare, employment rights and the environment that is provoking a wave of global resistance. On the same day just across the channel in France millions of workers were also on the streets and on strike.
 

This massive one-day show of strength comes after decades of defeat for the trade union movement in Britain, but on 28th March over a million trade unionists stood together and caught a glimpse of their potential power to change the world.


 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/337036.html
France:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/336341.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/france/
Fight against CPE in France:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/336110.html