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Just the beginning: 2 million come out fighting
Workers say: We’re not going away

by Luke James and Conrad Landin 

in central London

TWO MILLION people defied Tory strike ban threats yesterday to come out fighting against poverty pay — and PCS union leader Mark Serwotka warned the government it was “just the beginning.”

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