The local government strike on Wednesday, July 17 will be the biggest national strike of women in the history of the UK.
Teaching assistants, nursery nurses, dinner ladies, home care and residential care workers, social workers, meals-on-wheels workers, clerical and administration staff, and cleaners are part of the million-strong workforce expected to take part in the one-day national strike.
There are women planning to take part in the strike who say they have never considered industrial action before but are sick of being treated as the