Hundreds of local government workers from UNISON have reluctantly walked out on strike after an ongoing dispute over pay.
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00:00 tell me why you're doing this and what you want to achieve from it?
00:04 We are doing this because we think we deserve to be paid more money at our pay rise and
00:11 they are subsisting for improvement just because they have more money so they are able to make
00:18 more money for us. For the work we do especially, we think we deserve more.
00:20 Has there been any support for parents and children that may have been affected by this?
00:25 Many of us are parents so this isn't a short term action, this is for the future, this
00:32 is for children. This is so that they can get decent pay when they are older. So this
00:37 is a long term game.
00:39 How do you feel about other unions suspending action whilst Unison continues?
00:44 I think we should all be united together really and we should all be taking a stand together
00:50 because we are fighting amongst the unions, not in the end. They are basically belittling
00:56 each other and the unions are all putting each other down. We should be together standing
01:03 together.
01:04 No hiding your faces!
01:06 (laughter)
01:08 (laughing)