Workers close to revolt on government's account (9)
I believe the answer is:
statement
'account' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'workers close to revolt on government's' is the wordplay.
'workers' becomes 'men' (man is a kind of worker).
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close/ending of).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'government' becomes 'state' (state is a kind of government**).
The final letter of 'revolt' is 't'.
'men'+'t'='ment'
'ment' after 'state' is 'STATEMENT'.
(Other definitions for statement that I've seen before include "Formal account, deposition" , "Record of bank balance" , "Formal account given to police" , "revelation" , "Financial summary" .)