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December 1, 2011

U.K. Workers Conclude Massive General Strike 
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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 showed us the way. We will
fight until we win."