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Healthcare workers in Yorkshire launched their fourth strike yesterday in defence of their wages and working conditions.
The 150 members of public service union Unison look after people with learning difficulties and mental health problems, helping them maintain independence in their own homes.
They were employed by the NHS under contract to provide the service for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
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Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham
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As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE
'These figures should be a wake-up call'
