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/ 21 May 2007

Why we’re ready to strike

The biggest public service strike in a decade now seems unavoidable. All unions have rejected the government’s paltry offer of a 6% wage increase, with no improvement to other critical conditions of service. Government presented its last offer on May 3. Unions representing more than one million workers refuse to accept salary increases limited to inflation targeting, writes Shireen Pardesi.