On Thursdays 30th June public sector workers from four unions will be taking co-ordinated strike action together for the first time.The simultaneous strike by Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), National Union of Teachers (NUT), Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and University and College Union (UCU) members is against proposed changes to public sector pensions that will mean paying more and working longer for less.
There will be picket lines outside all kinds of government buildings across the UK and with a significant public sector in Wales, there will be a large number here, as well as widespread school closures.
Though not the biggest industrial action since the General Strike of 1926 as some have claimed, it's a hugely important step in building a movement of resistance against the government's austerity programme. In an effort to further spread the message marches and rallies will be taking place in Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Llandrindod Wells, Newport, Swansea, Merthyr and Wrexham.
