Industrial News Round-up
Manchester strike 250 health workers in Manchester struck against cuts in community mental health teams on 31 January. This will be followed by another week's strike this month. The strikes follow a 91.6% ballot result in favour of action by community nurses, occupational therapists and team secretaries against cuts by Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. These are: * cuts in community nursing, occupational therapy, team secretary and senior support worker posts which will mean higher caseloads, and a reduction in service; * downgradings for those staff who keep their job; * no...