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Strikes warning.

THOUSANDS of public sector workers are set to clash with the Government over pay and privatisation.

The country's biggest union, Unison, have warned of NHS NHS
abbr.
National Health Service


NHS (in Britain) National Health Service
 industrial action, while civil service workers' leaders said a ballot for strikes could start within weeks. Unison said they were seeking a judicial review of a decision to award a pounds 1.2billion NHS contract to German firm DHL.

Mark Serwotka, of the Public and Commercial Services Union The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is the sixth largest union trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in positions in government departments and public bodies, although some work in information technology for private companies. , said: "There is a crisis in public services."
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Publication:Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Date:Sep 11, 2006
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