The move follows the breakdown of eight months of pay negotiations by unions Unison and Unite on behalf of Action for Children employees, and comes against rising inflation.
Another key reason for the strike is the charity’s proposed changes to staff terms and conditions, including changes to the redundancy policy, such as reducing the period of protected pay, following the deployment of a lower paid job, from two years to under a year.
Last year, Action for Children also did away with its staff defined benefit pension scheme - a scheme which guarantees staff a set monthly pension on retirement – replacing it with a defined contribution scheme.
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