Trade Unions

Strikes with the potential to disrupt services such as cleansing, funerals and social work could be called.

The plans for full time staff would mean day shifts increasing from nine to 12 hours.

Howard Beckett, a qualified solicitor, was Unite the Union's assistant general secretary and head of legal until his suspension in 2022.

The hospital trust says contingency plans are in place to mitigate the impact of the strike.

The union said about half the required number of people are currently employed along the Thames.

Birmingham City Council chief John Cotton says concessions to striking bin workers could reopen equal pay issues.

Other union members in the force's civilian workforce downed tools last month in a similar dispute.

One phlebotomist says it is "getting harder and harder to pay the bills".