From UNISON wesite Dave Prentis, UNISON's general secretary
"What a show of solidarity! From Cornwall to Northumberland; Norwich to Derry; Cardiff to Tyneside and all points in between – UNISON local government members in England, Northern Ireland and Wales have taken strike action, calling for fair pay.
It’s never an easy decision to go on strike. Our members aren’t militants – they work hard every day to provide the services our communities rely on.
But this week, some 600,000 UNISON members have made their feelings clear. £2.45 per cent pay offer is not enough. With inflation rising rapidly, our members – many of them low paid women with families to support – simply can’t make ends meet.
Don't believe the employers when they say that they cannot afford to pay any more. They are sitting on £11bn in bank accounts, £3bn of which is unallocated.
That means they could afford to pay a decent increase without going to the government with a begging bowl, without putting up council tax and without affecting jobs and services.UNISON members are providing front-line services and it is their hard work that has led to these huge cash reserves being built up.
The way to settle this potentially damaging dispute is for the employers to get back round the negotiating table and treat our members decently".
2 comments:
Hi Anon
Check outhttp://grayee.blogspot.com/2008/07/madness-over-local-government-pay-offer.html
I have not published your comment (made 00.24 last night). I assume you were drunk? While I don’t mind people having a go at my politics I do think making cowardly attacks and telling obvious lies on people who have nothing to do with my blog is just a little “off”. Homophobic remarks especially, coming supposedly from someone “on the left” are frankly disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Usually the only comments that I delete come from the clearly deranged or Nazi racists. I wonder which of these “camps” you really belong in?
Whats the old saying decent wages for decent jobs.
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