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This time two million civil servants in Britain is expected to hold a strike. They demanded the adjustment amount of the pension fund in the action that was allegedly the largest action for three decades.
"We will strike. Over the next few days, we rejected any talks or anything like that," said David Prentis, one member of the union of civil servants as quoted by Reuters news agency on Monday, November 28, 2011. It is estimated that 30 union workers will take part in strike action.
As a result, many public service sectors that will stop operating for a while. The school will be closed, the airport will cease to operate, and tax payments will not be served.
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Flights to and from Heathrow Airport on Wednesday canceled, and all airlines are instructed to send only half-full plane to Heathrow. Meanwhile, other airports in the UK expect the effects of a strike is not too bad effect on them.
According to David Prentis, they want not the increase in pension funds, but the adjustment of pension amount that had been considered less worthy. Low-paid women, he argues, is the most affected by this unworthiness.
"The government thinks that the macho trade union which will be a demo. They forget that the workers in this sector most women, and they are also angry and demanding adjustment of pension funds," he said.
