PCS, the main civil service union, and the Unite trade union with members in the central government and the health service took strike action on 10 May as part of their continuing campaign against government plans for public sector pensions. The two unions have joined forces with the NUT teachers' union in protest at the proposed pension changes and in particular the prospect of being forced to work to 68 to get a full pension.
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