Exclusive: Unite and Unison join campaigners urging government to exempt strike days from maternity calculations

The UK’s two biggest unions have backed calls for a review of the “immoral” system whereby pregnant workers lose a portion of their maternity pay if they go on strike.

Unite and Unison joined campaigners in calling for the government to exempt strike days from maternity pay calculations so that new parents are not “penalised twice” for taking part in industrial action.

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