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Potential public sector strikes could affect operations management

28 June 2011
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Potential public sector strikes could affect operations managementStrikes may affect the public sector this summer as unions consider walkouts over pay and pensions.

The government is facing resistance to its plans to change retirement arrangements for millions of people.

A first one-day strike is planned for Thursday (June 30th) and ministers are holding talks with public sector employees in a bid to avert walkouts.

Prime minister David Cameron is due to address the Local Government Association conference later today and will call on workers to continue with negotiations rather than taking industrial action.

As many as 750,000 employees, including schoolteachers, are due to walk out on Thursday and talks have so far failed to reach a compromise.

Those concerned with continuous improvement in the public sector are advised that Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said there remained a "major gap" between the administration and unions in key areas, but insisted that employees' representatives "continue to negotiate in good faith".ADNFCR-3058-ID-800601666-ADNFCR
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