Thousands of British schools will close and travelers will face long lines at airport immigration this week when three quarters of a million workers go on strike _ the first blast in what unions hope will be a summer of discontent against the cost-cutting government's austerity plans.
The government hopes it will fizzle into a summer of hardheaded acceptance.
The first test comes Thursday, when 750,000 public-sector workers _ from teachers to driving examiners to customs officials _ walk out for the day, part of a growing wave of opposition to the Conservative-led government's deficit-cutting regime of tax hikes, benefit curbs and spending cuts.AP
Five months of 3.5% inflation and .5% growth leads to restructuring by other means.
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