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Mark Serwotka, General Secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union

Inflation is rising and the public sector trade unions want pay rises to match. Stephen Sackur asks Mark Serwotka, will his trade union plunge Britain into discontent?

Inflation is rising and the public sector trade unions want pay rises to match. The government is determined to limit pay increases to below inflation rates. Mark Serwotka is the General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union. Stephen Sackur asks him, with the economy on the brink of recession, will the action of his members plunge Britain into a season of strike-fuelled discontent?

30 minutes

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Tue 19 Aug 2008 01:30GMT

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