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MENTAL health care workers in the north-west of England have voted to strike against bosses’ plans to make them work seven days a week.
Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust has asked the workers, who help “extremely vulnerable people,” to “volunteer” to increase their working week from five days to seven days, their union said.
The 25 workers, who are members of the public service union Unison, are campaigning against the proposals, warning that “seven days is not safe.”
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