Pay and conditions under attack at Stoke council

Unison union members in Stoke-on-Trent held two mass meetings last week over the council’s plans to cut their weekend pay and mileage allowances.

Refuse workers also face threats to their shifts, as the Labour-run council wants them to switch from Monday to Friday working to three 12-hour shifts a week.

Members of the Unite and GMB unions at the council were set to meet this week.