The UNISON local government conference yesterday agreed to a major campaign against the pay freeze imposed by the employers in from April without any negotiation. The conference passed an amendment recognising that in these circumstances industrial action would be the most effective way of securing an acceptable outcome.
This has met with a predictable response from the rent-a-quote Tax Dodger’s Alliance who claim that UNISON is “living in a fantasy land if they think taxpayers can afford to give them a pay rise when times are so tough. Local government staff have enjoyed big pay rises as well as lengthy holiday allowances and generous pensions while council taxpayers have seen their bills double in the last decade”.
http://www.24dash.com/news/local_government/2010-06-14-Unison-issues-local-government-strike-threat-over-unacceptable-pay-feeeze?
