a Unison flag flying in front of the sun as public sector workers protest outside the Bournemouth International Centre, February 2024
CRIES of “Barnet Council, shame on you!” rose outside the London borough council’s headquarters today morning as frontline mental health social workers began another three weeks of strike action.
Barnet Unison secretary John Burgess sported a placard marking the workers’ 38th day of action in the dispute so far.
“There is a crisis in mental health services here in Barnet,” Mr Burgess told the picket-line rally, “and these workers are brave enough to stand up to their employer that’s turning its back not just on the social workers but on service users and families.”
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
