Tags: Central trade unions nationwide strike. Must Listen. Get Daily News on your Browser Enable. Trending news. Central trade unions call for 2-day nationwide strike during Budget Therefore, the political punch of action will be greater than the ballot results alone indicate. This will be particularly critical as the key political footballs that will be kicked around by the government on the day will be striker participation rates, how much disruption was caused and how many workplaces were closed.
The other political football to be played with concerns levels of public support. Clearly, all is still to play for in the coming weeks. Having majority public support on one's side is important because the dispute over pensions is essentially a political one. By contrast, strikes in the private sector are essentially economic where the point is to disrupt the employer's ability to make profit. Public support is then one way of leveraging influence over the government, especially as a one-day strike is only a very short action.
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