As thousands of teachers, lecturers, civil servants and other public sector workers are due to stage walkouts on Thursday in a dispute over pensions; Unison has claimed it will be the biggest walkout since the 1926 General strike. So in order to better understand who will strike, here is a full list of the Unions that are still in dispute with the government and the details about the actions they plan to take.

The leader of the Opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband, has said that he will join those protesting against the Coalition government's "cuts" in public spending.

The Coalition government's Comprehensive Spending Review, announced yesterday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has drawn a mixed reaction from business, unions and economists.

The Trades Union Congress has expressed concerns that unemployment figures, due out tomorrow, could show what it called a "new crisis" in youth unemployment.

The Office for National Statistics this morning released data showing that the number of unemployed people fell by 8,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to July.

The RMT union, which was jointly responsible for recent strikes on the London Underground, has called for the Trades Union Congress to call a summit at which union bosses will attempt to coordinate a wave of strikes to protest the coalition government's cuts.

The coalition government has said that it will be scrapping the default retirement age (DFA) of 65 from October 2011, a move that has been welcomed by unions and charities but has been met with concern from business.

The Trades Union Congress has said that a double dip recession is looking more likely following "disappointing" unemployment figures yesterday.

Yesterday's Emergency Budget by Chancellor George Osborne has been welcomed by business as "convincing" and "sensible" while Unions have condemned it as "hammering the poor" and "vintage Thatcher".

The Trades Union Congress has called on employers across the country to allow their workers to watch England play their final deciding match of the group stages of the World Cup.