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The result of the ballot of over 800,000 local government workers in the Unison union was set to be announced on Friday of this week.

Members of Unison union, who work for Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (Bitmo) in Leeds, took one day of strike action last Monday.

Hundreds of health workers in Manchester mental health trust are set to take further strike action in defence of their Unison union branch chair Karen Reissmann.

Across the country local government activists are campaigning for a huge yes vote in the Unison union strike ballot over pay.

Every one of the 800,000 Unison union members in local government who are due to be balloted from next week should vote for strikes to stop pay cuts and attacks on conditions.

Over 2,000 Unison union members who work for Birmingham council have attended mass meetings to discuss the imminent imposition of new contracts.

Every trade unionist should join the Unison union’s march to defend the National Health Service, and keep it firmly in the public sector.

The fight to reinstate Michael Gavan, chair of Newham Unison local government, was bolstered last week when a rally of 200 people was addressed by a range of speakers including film maker Ken Loach. Ken also introduced a special preview of his new film It’s A Free World.

Hundreds of thousands of members of the Unison union in local government are set to be balloted to strike over pay.

It now looks increasingly likely that the Unison union will be balloting its members in local government for strike action over pay. The ballot is set to start on 3 October.

Delegations of Unison union members from across Britain helped to form a confident and determined 500-strong march through Manchester city centre last Sunday.

Health workers in Manchester who care for people with mental illness are this week taking part in their second three-day strike in defence of their Unison union branch secretary, Karen Reissmann.