Lobby of LGA - No to pay freeze in local government!‏

A joint union lobby took place today at the head office of the LGA – the local government employers. Over 100 mainly UNISON activists attended the lobby in London and made clear the strength of feeling about the imposition of a zero% pay offer and the refusal of the employers to negotiate on pay.

Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government, said: “Under a cloud of financial inevitability, Tory-led councils are using the recession as an excuse to cut pay, shed jobs and shut down valued local services they didn’t support in the first place. Should these plans go ahead, the consequences for social services departments, for home care, youth and community projects, libraries and leisure centres, will be huge. The reality is that councils have enough money to keep vital services running and to pay staff fairly. It is a disgrace that the employers are refusing to even enter into discussions on pay with the unions this year.”
http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=1811
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/88607