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The Trades Union Congress held a 'crisis' annual conference at its London headquarters on September 12-14. With a vastly reduced number of delegates (600 down to 300) from its 58 union affiliates comprising 6.2m members, the aim was to cut costs and save money. Still, key issues were debated, notably the government's political response and the difficulties in organizing a lawful strike in the UK. During the conference, Unison, Unite and the GMB announced that they would ballot their members on strike action over the reform of the public sector pensions on November 30th. By Gregor Gall, Research Professor of Industrial Relations and Director of the Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU), University of Hertfordshire. (Ref. 110544)
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