UK strike to go ahead as talks stutter

Jun 29, 2011 by Euronews

Britain is about to suffer its biggest strike in years. Four public sector unions representing 750,000 workers are taking Thursday off.

The Conservative-led government is freezing state wages and shedding 300,000 jobs. Now pensions are being slashed. One union leader said it was the straw that breaks the camel's back. The prime minister says spending money dooms Britain to an economic desert.