UK - Unison, the union which represents 800, 000 local authority workers, has used its annual conference to threaten strike action unless the government withdraws proposal to raise the retirement age by five years and move from final to career average benefits.
General secretary, Dave Prentis, said: I promise the government we will take strike action across all sectors and with our sister unions to defend our pensions. We're a strong union, a united union...
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