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Probation officers will strike against the government's proposals to sell off 70 per cent of the service to murky security corporations.
Napo members voted overwhelmingly in favour of a walkout to fight the justice sell-off.
The 84.4 per cent Yes vote means probation officers join teachers, firefighters, university staff and postal workers in walking out against the Con-Dems' public-service slaughter.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
IAN LAWRENCE welcomes the government sentencing review but warns past experience shows such words rarely translate into meaningful action
Working in a high-risk sector, prison officers’ calls for proper PPE must be heeded – and the POA will be fighting to ensure effective protection at work is delivered, writes MARK FAIRHURST