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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 moo 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 yearfor the average barrister. but now the barristers have voted on whether to begin a non stop strike. we saw before we started any action at all that cases were not going ahead in court because there were no barristers to either defend or prosecute. there simply isn t enough barristers now and the reason for thatis barristers now and the reason for that is the fact we have lost about
Now members say they ll stage an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from september 5th. 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 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 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