pay and legal aid funding. the criminal bar association said almost 80% of its members had backed ramping up their campaign of industrial action, which has been under way sincejune. our legal correspondent, dominic casciani, can tell us more. dominic. there s a lot of talk about a return to the 19705, but even in those dark days of industrial strife we never saw the black capes of barristers alongside the black donkeyjackets of other striking workers. so today s vote is genuinely unprecedented. so far this year barristers have refused to turn up to work at crown courts on 19 separate days. today s vote on a massive turn out means they re completely out from 5th september. barristers like briony molyneux. the justice system has just for so long been underfunded, and all of those who work within it have had their rates of pay cut, been frozen, and the scary thing is the backlogs are the highest they have ever been,
the criminal bar association wants a 25% pay rise for legal aid work, when lawyers act for people who can t otherwise afford representation. the union rejected a 15% rise from the end of september, which the government says would see the average barrister earn around £7,000 more a year. there have been a number of walk outs in recent weeks, disrupting more than 6,000 cases. now members say they ll stage an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from the 5th september. meanwhile dock workers at the uk s largest container port, felixstowe, are on strike for the first time in 30 years after rejecting a 7% pay offer. refuse collectors in edinburgh are holding a 12 day strike until the end of the month, with more action planned across scotland in coming weeks. and there are further strikes set to follow across the uk with unions in transport, the royal mail, local councils and a number of other services planning or consulting on industrial action. we ll start this morning with that vote by b
but then we ve got the high schools so, obviously, the blazers, the pe kits, it s all got to be badged. this centre in plymouth helped 500 families last year. this year, they think that number will double. with fuel going up and all the different bills - that we have to pay, now it s become quite expensive. so places like this, absolute godsend. | i ve never known anything like it, actually. it s fantastic. what a brilliant service. i mean, it s, yeah, what can you say? something that i ve never, never used before. i almost felt bad for using it. hopefully, it will make things a little bit easier this year. from september, new government statutory guidance kicks in. it says schools need to ensure uniform costs are reasonable. they should remove unnecessary branded items and provide more high street options, and they should ensure second hand uniforms are available. schools are required to implement the legislation right now for this september. and if parents think that their school u
of september, which the government says would see the average barrister earn around £7,000 more a year. there have been a number of walkouts in recent weeks, disrupting more than six thousand cases. now members say they ll stage an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from the 5th september. meanwhile, dock workers at the uk s largest container port, felixstowe, are on strike for the first time in 30 years after rejecting a 7 per cent pay offer. refuse collectors in edinburgh are holding a 12 day strike until the end of the month, with more action planned across scotland in coming weeks. and there are further strikes set to follow across the uk with unions in transport, the royal mail, local councils and a number of other services planning or consulting on industrial action. we ll start this morning with that vote by barristers on an all out strike, which will start next month. duncan kennedy has more details. it s a dispute where both sides have come to their own verdicts. the barris
which will start next month. duncan kennedy has more details. it s a dispute where both sides have come to their own verdicts. the barristers, who say the deal on offer isn t good enough. and the government, who say it s fair. the issue is mainly over pay and when it s paid. one thing both parties do agree on is that this summer s rolling days of strikes has had a huge impact on the justice system. over 19 individual days of industrial action across england and wales, more than 6000 court cases have been disrupted, including more than 1400 trials. the barristers are asking for a 25% rise in pay for legal aid work, and want it to take effect now. the government has offered a 15% fee rise on new cases, but only from the end of september, which it says would mean an extra £7,000 a year for the average barrister. but now the barristers have voted on whether to