Mass public sector walk-out as thousands protest against pay and working conditions 

 

Thursday 10 July 2014 16:12 BST
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Public sector workers and members of the GMB union make their way through Brighton, as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts
Public sector workers and members of the GMB union make their way through Brighton, as they take part in the one-day walkout as part of bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts

Tens of thousands of teachers are walking out of the classroom in protest against pay, workload pressures and pension changes as the Coalition government downplays the extent of the strike.

As many as one million public sector workers are staging industrial action, with health workers and civil servants joining teachers in a mass demonstration against austerity measures.

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