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UNISON is expected to launch legal action against Barnet Council in north London after it defended outsourcing during a strike by mental health workers.
The Labour-run authority failed to confirm by today, the deadline set by the union, that it would not procure external workers to cover for striking staff, said Barnet Unison secretary John Burgess.
Speaking on the 48th day of walkouts over a disparity in retention pay between mental health workers and their colleagues in children’s services, he told the Morning Star: “Outsourcing and strike breaking are the two big no nos in the trade union movement and should be in Labour’s.”
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Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites
After years of austerity and denial under a new Reform UK council, a failing Send service was pushed into the spotlight by staff, unions and parents — culminating in a £1.3m funding boost and a 50% increase in front-line workers. MARTIN PORTER explains
Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER