Social workers to strike until New Year over removal of unsocial hours payments

Social workers plan to take strike action until the New Year in protest at the removal of their unsocial hours payments.
GMB said that the seven emergency duty service staff at Swindon council would follow a two-week walkout starting next Thursday (31 August) with 48 further days of strike action, covering every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until the end of the year.
The union said the extension was due to the council not being able to negotiate before the start of next week’s strike b