New era of strikes looms as cost of living spirals

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are threatening to tear up agreements and demand higher pay as the cost of living surges.

Inflation figures released yesterday were worse than expected, prompting Unison, one of the biggest public sector unions, to call for the reopening of a pay deal for 500,000 health workers clinched only two weeks ago.

Other unions said that they wanted to revisit pay deals and gave warning of rolling strikes this autumn if Gordon Brown persisted in tryin... (10 more words)

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