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Yoga instructors are voting to strike over pay
A woman performing yoga stretches on Primrose Hill, London, January 31, 2021
YOGA, aerobics and pilates instructors are voting on whether to strike in a dispute over pay.
Public-sector union Unison said its members at Colchester City Council have not had a pay rise for almost a decade.
The union said instructors at Leisure World are directly employed by the council but their pay is determined differently to other local authority staff.
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