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Labour council accused of union-busting ahead of making £25m cuts
Unison members protest outside Lewisham Council

LEWISHAM Council has been accused of racist union-busting after it tried to sack both of its Unison branch secretaries as it prepares to make £25 million worth of cuts.

Protesters gathered outside the south-east London borough’s town hall on Wednesday evening.

They hit out at the Labour-controlled authority’s plans to make redundant Britain’s youngest Unison branch secretary Justine Canady.

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