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Local government workers in Westminster have joined hundreds thousand of their colleagues on strike for fair pay today – here are just three of their stories, reflecting the views of most

Shekou Kamara has been a employee of Westminster Council for more than 13 years. But he’s also homeless. And on strike today

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has stressed that members have turned out in force for the strike today and that the massive show of solidarity from the members and the public alike shows that 1% is just not enough

The government is today being hit by the biggest strike over pay since it came to power when over a million public sector workers walking out in bitter disputes over pay, pensions, jobs and spending cuts

Pickets will be out at all of N Ireland’s education and library boards

Tens of thousands of Welsh local government and school support workers set to strike over pay

UNISON has submitted a pay claim to the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) calling for a substantial increase on all salary scales with a commitment to the living wage for all staff

UNISON has now received the final national pay offer from the employers’ organisation in colleges in England and consultation is open on it until the end of July

The Elliot Foundation is the latest multi-academy trust to announce that it will pay the living wage as a minimum to its lowest-paid employees

A joint UNISON, UCU, and Unite report has shown the growing pay gap between the highest earners and other staff at Bath University

A range of core support material is on its way to branches involved in the 10 July strike – and more can be ordered

UNISON today confirmed that its local government and school support staff members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be taking one day of strike action on 10 July in support of better pay. The decision was taken following a yes vote in a strike ballot, announced earlier today.

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people

UNISON conference delegates have pledged to fight back to stop the rot of poverty pay in local government

Further details have been released by the TUC for anyone wanting to attend the national demonstration – Britain needs a pay rise – on 18 October in London