Unite’s campaigns in Local Government
Cut my pay? No
way!
Unite members working in local government are
still fighting for a decent wage rise after a below inflation 2.5
per cent offer from the employers.
With inflation now at 5 per cent and the cost of living soaring
a 2.5 per cent increase would mean a huge cut in their living
standards.
Many of these members are already low paid workers and Unite
says it is shameful they should have the burden of inflation forced
on them.
Our members are feeling unappreciated and angry with their
employers and with central government.
Unite wants the government and the employers to hear loud and
clear that they cannot impose wage cuts on public sector workers.
Full details elsewhere on the website
Defend Council
Housing
Unite backs the case for councils to be able
to build homes for local people and not be unfairly treated
compared to housing associations and others. Full details of the
campaign at http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/
Stop privatisation
Unite
believes the best people to run local council services are councils
themselves. We will continue to press the government and the Labour
Party on this issue. If you have any information on councils
planning to privatise parts of their local services please contact
Peter Allenson at peter.allenson@unitetheunion
John Allot at john.allot@unitetheunion.org
and Sian Errington at sian.errington@unitetheunion.org
Equal pay
The Labour
government, local authorities and trade unions agreed that there
should be no pay differences between men and women doing the same
or similar jobs. Putting that agreement into practice through job
evaluation and restructuring exercises has been difficult to do in
some authorities. Some of these difficulties have led to legal
cases.
Unite remains committed to the principle of
justice for those, mainly women, workers who have lost out in the
past but also fairness for all in a fair non-discriminatory pay
structure going forward. We remain committed to achieving
this by agreement, supported by litigation, but will also continue
to press central government to ensure that sufficient funding is
available to local authorities to make sure equal pay can be
delivered.
