Public Sector Strike in UK - Nov 30,2011

2 million public sector workers will protest today Nov 30,2011 over reforms that unions say will force them to pay more for their pensions and work for longer before they can retire.

A coalition of 30 trade unions will take part in the strike.Unions have organised 1,000 demonstrations and rallies across the country and picket lines will spring up around public buildings and hospitals.
Schools, hospitals, airports, ports and government offices will be among sites disrupted, as more than 1,000 demonstrations are due across the UK.

TUC, the trade union umbrella organisation that is organising the strikes, expects about 2 million people to take part and states that about 750,000 out of the 2.6 million people who were balloted said yes to a strike.