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By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press LONDON (AP) A threat by Britain's largest labor union to disrupt the London Olympics with strikes is "unacceptable and unpatriotic," Prime Minister David Cameron's office said Wednesday. Len McCluskey, the head of the Unite union, suggested its members could stage walkouts during the 2012 Summer Games to oppose the Conservative-led government's sharp austerity cuts. The union says it represents 200,000 public sector workers. He was quoted as telling The Guardian newspaper that the July 27-Aug. 12 London Olympics are a justified target for those opposing spending cuts and job losses. "It is completely unacceptable and unpatriotic what he is proposing," Cameron's spokesman Steve Field told reporters. "Most people in this country, including members of that union, think the Olympics is a great occasion for the country and wouldn't want to see anything happen that would disrupt it in any way." Both Cameron and Ed Miliband, head of Britain's main opposition Labour Party which receives significant financial backing from Unite condemned the threat of industrial action. "Any threat to the Olympics is totally unacceptable and wrong," said Miliband. "This is a celebration for the whole country and must not be disrupted." Cameron urged Labour to turn down money from the union in response to its Olympic threat. McCluskey said that no plans had yet been drawn up for specific action during the Olympics but that any activity could "absolutely" include str Related articles:

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