‘We want to get on with what we love’: what union activists are fighting for

Unison member Trevor Chalkley works at the National Mining Museum for England in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

An autumn wave of strike action is sweeping across the UK, embracing industries and sectors long untouched by industrial strife, as workers struggle to make ends meet in the face of double-digit inflation.

Here, we speak to three trade union activists on the frontline of the cost of living crisis about why they got involved, and what they are fighting for.