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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

And Valerie, a library user, on why she supports them. Everstina Musamabik, early year literacy […]

This is what he thought of the strike and of the need to strike. "We have about 30 members here in Trafalgar Square. It's a good turnout for […]

They explain why they're striking. Joanne: "We have not had a pay rise for three years. And at the same time, teaching assistants feel that their jobs are under threat. They are already […]

At first we thought 'fair enough', we need to cut back. But the government doesn't seem to want to stop. "For them, it's not about the money any […]

If I was starting now, I could not afford to live in London." Kathryn Andrews, social worker at Westminster City Council: "Social workers are not badly paid, compared to […]

Shekou Kamara has been a employee of Westminster Council for more than 13 years. But he’s also homeless. And on strike today

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

Unions around the world send solidarity messages to UNISON strikers

The government is today being hit by the biggest strike over pay since it came to power when over a million public sector workers walking out in bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts

London pickets explain why they’re taking strike action today

Across the union, UNISON members send solidarity to members on strike today

Across the blogosphere and beyond, UNISON has been pulling out the stops to put the case for low-paid local government and school workers forced to strike on 10 July

Pickets will be out at all of N Ireland’s education and library boards

Rosie Bartam from Nottinghamshire, says that it is high time that members stood up for themselves while Daniel Goodwin of Stockport says simply: another pay freeze will not do