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FURTHER PROTESTS:THIS COMING week will see the first strike action in protest at moves by the Government and the semi-State sector to deal with their declining finances.

On Thursday 13,000 lower-paid civil servants who are members of the Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) will hold a one-day stoppage against the Government’s new pension levy.