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Meat hygiene ballot – background

Inspectors stop abscesses and tumours from being minced into meat. Inspectors and vets report when animals are […]

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UNISON to launch public services manifesto

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

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Taking the fair pay fight onto the streets

UNISON has hailed the local government strike as an overwhelming success, with more than one million public service workers on picket lines and at rallies in protest over their pay offer

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Lambeth and Brixton united

Everstina and Abibat from Lambeth branch, Brixton library explain why they supported the 10 July strike – and library user Valerie on why she supports them

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Waltham Forest goes to Trafalgar Square

Waltham Forest UNISON branch secretary Dave Knight was in Trafalgar Square today – he told us his thoughts about the strike and of the need to strike

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Take three teaching assistants

Joanne Wilkins, Nicola Reison and Jean Samuels are three teaching assistants from Tower Hamlets in east London, explain why they’re striking

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Why Ealing is striking

Natalie Greenfields and Gina Dee, customer services advisors from Ealing, west London explain why they’re striking for fair pay

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Why Westminster is striking

Local government workers in Westminster have joined hundreds thousand of their colleagues on strike for fair pay today – here are just three of their stories, reflecting the views of most

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A massive show of solidarity

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has stressed that members have turned out in force for the strike today and that the massive show of solidarity from the members and the public alike shows that 1% is just not enough

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Solidarity across the sea

Unions around the world send solidarity messages to UNISON strikers

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