In mid-October, Unison members at Barnet council in London held a second one-day strike against the proposed contracting out of services and job cuts. In order to get their message across to the public they used street theatre to demonstrate the dangers of council’s plans to residents, services and staff. Following this, the strikers spent the rest of the day helping a local charity. The Unison branch has also asked the council to give the money from the strikers' wages to the mayor's charities – Barnet Young Carers and Siblings, the Outward Bound Trust and the Alzheimer's Society. These methods were used in addition to picketlines and leafleting members of the public.
to residents, services and staff. Following this, the strikers spent the rest of the day helping a local charity. The Unison branch has also asked the council to give the money from the strikers’ wages to the mayor’s charities – Barnet Young Carers and Siblings, the Outward Bound Trust and the Alzheimer’s Society. These methods were used in addition to picketlines and leafleting members of the public.
The significance of these new methods is a recognition that to put pressure on the council publ
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