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U.K. Workers Conclude Massive General Strike

HeadlineDec 01, 2011

British public sector workers have wrapped up a 24-hour general strike that marked the largest in generations. Around two million teachers, hospital staff, garbage collectors, firefighters and border guards hit the streets on Wednesday in a strike organized by a coalition of 30 trade unions.

Protester: “The only people who need a compromise are the bankers. They need to take the cuts for the mess they’ve made of our country. It’s as simple as that. We have to take the strength of today, and we have to go out and fight and fight and fight, until we win. We are not going to give up. This is from Tahrir Square. They show us the way. We will fight until we win.”

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