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A group of court interpreters and translators has withdrawn services at Chelmsford Crown Court, protesting against freelance pay and working conditions.
Court translators have withdrawn services at a court this week in a protest over freelance working conditions, with one claiming her peers live "pretty much on the poverty line".
Courts could be plunged into fresh chaos this week as disgruntled interpreters down tools over grievances raised with the company contracted by the Ministry of Justice to provide language services.
Court interpreters up and down the country have gone on strike to protest against working conditions. They claim that they have been dealing with “withheld” payments running into thousands of pounds per case, and have branded the terms and conditions of their contracts as “exploitative”.
