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• Blog: One year after the Myanmar coup, we must do more

  28-01-2022 15:22
  
  The 1st February marks one year since the Myanmar military junta staged another coup in Myanmar, or Burma, as the country is also known. A year of relentless and escalating attacks on courageous, striking workers and civilians across the country.
  For decades, the military have ruled in one way or another. And each year they leave a trail of violence. So it’s not surprising that since the coup over 1,000 thousand people have been killed, and more than 11,000 people have been arrested.
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• UNISON pay ballot of Care Quality Commission staff opens

  28-01-2022 09:00
  
  Staff at the Care Quality Commission in England will today (Friday) begin to vote in a strike ballot after being denied a pay rise this year, says UNISON.
  CQC ​employees – who ​inspect, monitor and regulate hospitals, care homes, GP ​practices and dental surgeries, as well as ambulance and mental health services – have endured years without a significant pay rise, ​says the union. ​Since the start of 2010, the value of their wage
  
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