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Unions plan biggest ever ballot on industrial action

BRITAIN'S biggest ever strike ballot was launched yesterday as public-sector unions voiced their outrage at hikes to contributions and cuts to future pensions.

Strathclyde Police headquarters and Gartnavel Hospital were among the key points of a UK-wide demonstration.

Mike Kirby, Unison’s Scottish secretary, said: “There is a great deal of anger among our mem-bership at these attacks on the pensions that we have earned – which are modest enough without being delayed or downgraded.