Big Society Bail-In. TUC: phoney war against government is over, says Brendan Barber. Brendan Barber: ‘Some of our opponents would like to dismiss our campaign as self-interest.’
Photograph: Eamonn McCabe The head of Britain's trade union movement tomorrow declares the "phoney war over", promising a barrage of protest against the government's cuts, ranging from industrial strikes and "peaceful civil disobedience" to petitions by Tory voters in the shires. Brendan Barber, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, setting out plans for the first national demonstration against the cuts on 26 March, said the days of protests being solely about unions going on strike are over.
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