Social workers to take six days of strike action

Mental health social workers will take six days of strike action over the next month in a dispute over what their union describes as ‘chronic staffing issues’ in their teams.
The UNISON members at Barnet council will walk out on 26 September and 3, 4, 10, 11 and 12 October, after 100% of those who voted backed strike action in a ballot last month.
The dispute covers the north London borough’s north and south mental health teams and its approved mental health professionals&rsquo