Unison

Unison says further talks with the publicly-owned company will be held to avert a strike on Tuesday.

Managers say the scheme, designed to avoid compulsory redundancies, does not apply to care staff.

Phlebotomists who specialise in drawing blood are locked in a dispute over pay and grading.

Both the EIS and Unison opened their indicative ballots on Thursday after a dispute was lodged with university officials in March.

Workers will walk out on Tuesday and Wednesday following a one-day strike last month.

Phlebotomists from Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals are on strike.

Teachers and union members gather in Dorchester to protest ahead of Wednesday's Spring Statement.

UNISON says healthcare assistants have been "working well above their salary band for years".