Amnesty staff in second strike

STAFF at human rights group Amnesty International will stage a second 24-hour strike today in a row over spending cuts and job losses.

Members of Unite will mount a picket line outside the organisation’s office in London after the union warned that plans to make £2.5 million worth of savings will lead to compulsory redundancies among the 200 UK employees. An Amnesty spokesman said it respected the right of staff to strike but believed the action was unnecessary, adding: “We have been and will continue to work to keep redundancies to a minimum.”