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UNISON members threw their weight behind the mass co-ordinated strike on July 10 yesterday.
The 600,000 local government workers will walk out alongside members of teachers’ union NUT and may also be joined by members of GMB, Unite and PCS.
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said the July 10 action could be “bigger than the general strike” after 58 per cent backed a strike in protest at the 1 per cent pay rise offered by employers.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
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