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Lincolnshire health visitors begin month-long strike

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Health visitors have begun an “unprecedented” month-long strike in protest at "divide and rule" plans by Lincolnshire County Council over pay.
Health visitors in Lincolnshire have begun a month-long strike. Picture: Unite
Health visitors in Lincolnshire have begun a month-long strike. Picture: Unite

Unite members began industrial action, planned to last until 13 December, the union said.

The latest action in the escalating dispute follows 32 days of stoppages, with the loss of around 450 shifts, taken by health visitors across the county since July.

Unite claim members have lost more than £2,000 a year in earnings since being transferred under Agenda for Change terms from the NHS to county council control in 2017.

It added that they were also objecting to the county council's insistence on different contracts for grade 9 and grade 10 health visitors.

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