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Workers at the British Library, in central London, are to strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members at the site will walk out from ...

Workers at the British Library are to strike in a dispute over pay. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members at the site in London will walk out from October 27 ...

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