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‘The government is literally laughing in our face’: why Unison workers are balloting to strike – video

Author
Cici Washburn
Date
22 December 2021
Type
Video
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Cici Washburn speaks to Kridos Pavlou, Assistant Branch Secretary of Tower Hamlets Unison, about his union’s national strike ballot of local government workers

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