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Friday 25 February 2011

3000 UNISON members strike in Nottinghamshire

Yesterday UNISON members employed by Nottinghamshire County Council took strike action against their Tory led employer which is ruthlessly cutting jobs and services: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/101518

UNISON's regional head of local government Andy Belfield said: "With 1,000 compulsory redundancies being driven through and the privatisation of services to profit-making companies, these are the most Thatcherite measures I've heard being imposed by any council across the country."