The Docklands and East London Advertiser report:
Hundreds of local authority workers are on controversial zero-hour contracts in London’s East End, it has emerged.
Six London boroughs including Tower Hamlets use workers on contracts which the public service union Unison wants banned from town halls.
One-in-20 workers on Tower Hamlets’ payroll is on a ‘zero hour’ contract with no guaranteed work, sick pay or even travel allowance between assignments.