Council workers - worth more
Local councillor's, please add your name to our letter, calling for decent pay for council workers.
We the undersigned call for a decent and fair pay rise for all workers delivering local authority services.
Local government and school staff are working above and beyond the call of duty, dedicating themselves to their jobs, and they are not shying away from the daily risk the coronavirus presents. They are dedicated to keep public services working and our country on track.
It is our front line local authority workers who are protecting our communities and vital services, caring for our young and our vulnerable elderly, collecting our rubbish, cleaning our streets, and working in our crematoria to ensure dignity for those who have, sadly, fallen victim to this terrible virus.
Yet these same workers continue to be some of the lowest paid in the economy and many have seen their pay drop in real terms by over 22% following 10 years of austerity and cuts. The same workers who have carried on despite a lack of PPE and in many cases inadequate social distancing.
We believe the current offer to staff is inadequate and that the deliberate misunderstanding of the annual leave section of the joint union claim is insulting to our staff. The lowest paid are being asked to accept a pay rise of little more than £1.83 per day. This is unacceptable and more needs to be offered so that local authority workers receive the dignity and fairness they deserve.
Signed
Cllr Laura Smith, Cheshire East Council
Cllr Damian Bailey, Salford City Council
Cllr Matthew Brown, Preston City Council
Cllr Lesley Walton, Swansea City Council
Cllr Peter Lamb, Crawley Borough Council
Cllr Mark Cherry, Cherwell District Council
Cllr Majid Mahmood, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Julie Heselwood, Leeds City Council
Cllr Bernadette Fisher, Canterbury City Council
Cllr Philip Crowe, Preston City Council
Cllr Ged Cooney, Tameside Borough Council
Cllr Gerry Convery, South Lanarkshire Council
Cllr Andy Platt, Stoke City Council
Cllr Paul Smith, Islington Council
Cllr Shane McMurray, Hull City Council
Cllr Richard Overton, Telford & Wrekin Council
Cllr Sasha Das Gupta, Newham Council
Cllr Karen Constantine, Kent County Council
Cllr Anamul Islam, Newham Council
Cllr Stan Hill, Halton Council
Cllr Cal Corkery, Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Emmet McAleer, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council
Cllr Gena Merrett, Wigan Council
Cllr Rachel Massey, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Bryan Apsley, Wrexham County Borough Council
Cllr Chris Emmas-Williams, Amber Valley Borough Council
Cllr Tricia Clough, Bolsover District Council
Cllr Matt Nathan, Islington Council
Cllr Léonie Cooper, Wandsworth Borough Council
Cllr David Hughes, Doncaster Council
Cllr Janet Mobbs, Stockport Borough Council
Cllr Mike Smith-Clare, Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Cllr Ibrahim Dogus, Lambeth Council
Cllr Jeanette Thomas, Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Samuel Gardiner, Nottingham City Council
Cllr Angela Coleman, Liverpool City Council
Cllr Pav Akhtar, Preston City Council
Cllr Steven Longden, Trafford Council
Cllr Yvonne Hargreaves, Chorley Council
Cllr Graham Simpkins, Eden District Council
Cllr Danny Myers, York Council
Cllr Lynn Sterry, Forest of Dean District Council
Cllr Jenny Lynn, Calderdale Council
Cllr David Acton, Trafford Council
Cllr Kevin Ritchie, Leeds City Council
Cllr Sue Doran, Spelthorne Borough Council
Cllr Ish Mistry, Rugby Borough Council
Cllr Rosa Gomez, Redbridge Borough Council
Cllr Nadine Peatfield, Derby City Council
Cllr Steven Hogben, Cheshire East Council
Cllr Nathan Pardoe, Cheshire West & Chester Council
Cllr Lorcan Whitehead, Colchester Borough Council
Cllr Harry Bell, Knowsley Council
Cllr Norman Briggs, Oldham Council
Cllr Paul White, Wandsworth Council
Cllr Stuart Whittingham, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Liam Preece, Sandwell Council
Cllr David Jarman, Trafford Council
Cllr Joan Coombes, Falkirk Council
Cllr Samantah Charles, Malvern Hills District Council
Cllr John Walsh, Salford City Council
Cllr Jess Barnard, Norfolk County Council
Cllr Max Holloway, Welwyn Hatfield Council
Cllr Emma Corlett, Norfolk County Council
Cllr Elizabeth Hayden, Liverpool Council
Cllr Shannon Jezzard, Harlow Council
Cllr Linda Hughes, Darlington Borough Council
Cllr Lizzy Kelly, Stevenage Borough Council
Cllr Jess Lennox, Leeds Council
Cllr Sam Wheeler, Manchester Council
Cllr Daniel Stone, Haringey Council
Cllr George Norman, York Council
Cllr Ben Clay, Manchester City Council
Cllr Aidan Williams, Trafford Council
Cllr Puru Miah, Tower Hamlets Council
Cllr Jo Bird, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Tony Jones, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Karl Greaney, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Judith Smyth, Porstmouth City Council
Cllr Pav Akhtar, Preston City Council
Cllr Sharon Jones, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Preston Tabois, Haringey Concil
Cllr John Whitworth, Newham Council
Cllr Irene Williams, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Gabriela Salva Macallan, Tower Hamlets Council
Cllr Tony Cottier, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Samantha Frost, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Frazer Lake, Liverpool City Council
Cllr Anjona Roy, Northamptonshire County Council
Cllr Rob Vernon, Cheshire East Council
Cllr Steve Munby, Liverpool City Council
Cllr Leigh Drennan, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Tomas Logan, Liverpool City Council
Cllr Catherine Russell, Northampton Borough Council
Cllr Muna Cali, Northampton Borough Council
Cllr Sarah Doyle, Liverpool City Council
Cllr Gareth Eales, Northampton Borough Council
Cllr Winston Strachan, Northamptonshire County Council
Cllr Noah Tucker, Haringey Council
Cllr Suzanne Brookfield, Cheshire East Council
Cllr Mahir Demir, Haringey Council
Cllr James McAsh, Southwark Council
Cllr Matt White, Haringey Council
Cllr Lewis Cox, Ealing Council
Cllr Pamela Fitzpatrick, Harrow Council
Cllr James Chiriyankandath, Haringey Council
Cllr Ben Mackmurdie, Islington Council
Cllr Emma Roberts, Northampton Borough Council
Cllr Tolga Aramaz, Enfield Council
Cllr Khaled Moyeed, Haringey Council
Cllr John Fahy, Greenwich Council
Cllr Alan Hall, Lewisham Council
Cllr Robert Sharpe, Salford Council
Cllr Paul W Fleming, Southwark Council
Cllr Asima Shaikh, Islington Council
Cllr Sue Lukes, Islington Council
Cllr Jumbo Chan, Brent Council
Cllr Michelline Ngongo, Islington Council
Cllr Sarah James, Haringey Council
Cllr Mick O’Sullivan, Islington Council
Cllr Gulcin Ozdemir, Islington Council
Cllr Brian Kenny, Wirral Borough Council
Cllr Satnam Gill, Islington Council
Cllr Kahar Chowdhury, Tower Hamlets
Cllr Majid Dar, Manchester City Council
Cllr Jill Lovecy, Manchester City Council
Cllr Ahned Ali, Manchester City Council
Cllr Bilkis Ismail, Bolton Council
Cllr Amna Abdullatif, Manchester City Council
Cllr Yasmine Dar, Manchester City Council
Cllr Akilah Akinola, Trafford Council
Cllr Fiaz Riasat, Manchester City Council
Cllr Shaukat Hussain, Blackburn with Darwen Council
Cllr Mik Sabiers, Ealing Council
Cllr Jade Doswell, Manchester City Council
Cllr Azra Ali, Manchester City Council
Cllr Jacqui Rayment, Southampton City Council
Cllr Rabnawaz Akbar, Manchester City Council
Cllr Barrie Margetts, Southampton City Council
Cllr Matt Renyard, Southampton City Council
Cllr Lisa Mitchell, Southampton City Council
Cllr Lauren Townsend, Milton Keynes Council
Cllr Satvir Kaur, Southampton City Council
Cllr Peter Kelleher, Ringwood Town Council
Cllr John Hughes, Manchester City Council
Cllr Helen Wallis-Dowling, New Milton Town Council
Cllr John Savage, Southampton City Council
Cllr Tammy E Thomas, Southampton City Council
Cllr Sarah Bogle, Southampton City Council
Cllr Amanda Fisher, Nottinghamshire County Council
Cllr Lee Whitbread, Southampton City Council
Cllr Sue Blatchford, Southampton City Council
Cllr Basat Sheikh, Manchester City Council
Cllr Christopher Hammond, Southampton City Council
Cllr Fiaz Riasat, Manchester City Council
Cllr Eamonn Keogh, Southampton City Council
Cllr Lorna Fielker, Southampton City Council
Cllr Claire Udy, Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Jeanette Smith, Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Matt Bunday, Southampton City Council
Cllr Kevin McKeon, Bolton Council
Cllr Ismail Ibrahim, Bolton Council
Cllr Shaukat Ali, Manchester City Council
Cllr Bob Piper, Sandwell Council
Cllr Jenny Chidley, Sandwell Council
Cllr Ian Jones, Sandwell Council
Cllr Olwen Jones, Sandwell Council
Cllr Hannah Coombs, Southampton City Council
Cllr Ahmed Ali, Manchester City Council
Cllr Martin McMulkin, Bolton Council
Cllr Rose Thompson, Trafford Council
Cllr Liz Clements, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Josh Jones, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Sybil Spence, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Lizzi Collinge, Lancashire County Council
Cllr Collette Allen, Ipswich Borough Council
Cllr Tony Norbury, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Graham Williamson, London Borough of Havering Council
Cllr Akhlaq Ahmed, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Jonathan Essex, Surrey and Reigate & Banstead Council
Cllr Graham Turner, Kirklees Council
Cllr Tim Crumpton, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Julie Reid, Manchester City Council
Cllr Rob Baker, High Peak Borough Council
Cllr Hannah Banfield, Oxfordshire Country Council
Cllr Raymond Barr, Derry City and Strabane District Council
Cllr Harry Bell, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Kenneth Dixon, Stockton Borough Council
Cllr Dickie Davies, Stockport
Cllr Barrie Margetts, Southampton City Council
Cllr Andrew Scott, Darlington Borough Council
Cllr John Edwards, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr David Boothroyd, Westminster City Council
Cllr Padraig Pearse McShane, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Cllr Susan Goddard, Cardiff City Council
Cllr Ged Cooney, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Peray Ahmet, Haringey Council
Cllr Julie Davies, Haringey Council
Cllr Kallum Taylor, City of York Council
Cllr John Illingworth, Leeds City Council
Cllr Ged Cooney, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Tony Martin, Lancashire County Council
Cllr Chris Cornell, Canterbury City Council
Cllr Joe Dromey, Lewisham Council
Cllr Stephan Gee, Leicester City Council
Cllr Basil Curley, Manchester City Council
Cllr Lou Robson, Birmingham City Council
Cllr James McAsh, Southwark Council
Cllr Dickie Davies, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr, Pattie Hill, Redditch Borough Council
Cllr Syeda Khatun, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Nurullah Turan, Islington Council
Cllr Angela Picknell, Islington Council
Cllr Suzanne Brookfield, Cheshire East Council
Cllr Julien Pritchard, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Lorraine Ashman, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Majid Dar, Manchester City Council
Cllr Lee Scordis, Essex County Council
Cllr Janet Mobbs, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Lanie Shears, Harlow Concil
Cllr Shannon Jezzard, Harlow Council
Cllr Paul Stuart, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Cllr Adam Farrell, North Warwickshire Borough Council
Cllr Sarah Hall, Burnley Borough Council
Cllr Jean Battle, Hyndburn Council
Cllr Jim Perry, South Tyneside Council
Cllr Mary Stirzaker, Wyre Council
Cllr John Arwel Roberts, Isle of Anglesey County Council
Cllr Rob Fail, Wyre Council
Cllr Andrew Whitcombe, Caeeephilly Council
Cllr Harry Bell, Knowsley MBC
Cllr Richard Foote, London Borough of Hounslow
Cllr Judith Smyth, Portsmouth City Council
Cllr John Stockton, Halton Council
Cllr Majid Dar, Manchester City Council
Cllr Pav Akhtar, Preston City Council
Cllr Luthfur Rahman, Manchester Council
Cllr Ahmed Ali, Manchester Council
Cllr Norman Briggs, Oldham MBC
Cllr Graham Heaney, Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Tom Coles, Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Rob Geleit, Epsom and Ewell Council
Cllr Sheila Ramsdale, Wigan Council
Cllr Ed Murphy, Peterborough Council
Cllr Katrina Trott, Fareham Council
Cllr John Prince, Liverpool City Council
Cllr John Walsh, Salford City Council
Cllr Leo Cassarani, Camden Council
Cllr Faisal Rana, Rochdale Council
Cllr Yasmine Dar, Manchester Council
Cllr Terry Brown, Chorley Council
Cllr John M Duggan, Selby District Council
Cllr Alan McGuckin, Cumbria County Council
Cllr Julian Fulbrook, Camden Council
Cllr Elizabeth Hayden, Liverpool Council
Cllr John Wiseman, St Helens Council
Cllr Paul Cummins, Sefton Council
Cllr Gillian Pardesi, Stafford Council
Cllr Mike Cahill, West Oxfordshire District Council
Cllr Michael Northeast, Arun District Council/Littlehampton Town Council
Cllr Liam O'Rourke, Rochdale Council
Cllr David Evans, Bolton Council
Cllr Sean Halsall, Sefton Council
Cllr Jan Davidson, Warrington Council
Cllr Clare McIntyre, Liverpool Council
Cllr Lauren Townsend, Milton Keynes Council
Cllr Nadine Peatfield, Derby City Council
Cllr Graeme Hoskin, Reading Borough Council
Cllr Christine Martin, Cannock Chase District Council
Cllr Ged Cooney, Tameside Council
Cllr Matthew Brown, Preston City Council
Cllr Gerard Woodhouse, Liverpool Council
Cllr Lynn Moore, Leicester City Council
Cllr Andy Mckane, Derry/Strabane District Council
Cllr Adrian Brown, Stevenage Council
Cllr William Shortall, Liverpool Council
Cllr Lauren Mitchell, Ashfield District Council
Cllr Andrew Farina-Childs, Caerphilly Council
Cllr Sally Spicer, Southampton City Council
Cllr Lee Waker, Barking and Dagenham Council
Cllr Mick Elliott, Rotherham Borough Council
Cllr Danny Adilypour, Lambeth Council
Cllr Mohammed Shahzad, Leeds Council
Cllr Ian Dunbar, Flintshire Council
Cllr Diane Donaldson, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Gordon Thoma, Erewash Borough Council
Cllr Nichole Brennan, Brighton and Hove Council
Cllr Sara Hyde, Islington Council
Cllr Vivienne Windle, Southampton City Council
Cllr Ranjit Singj, Camden Council
Cllr Rob Vernon, Cheshire East Council
Cllr Cathie McEwing, Southampton City Council
Cllr Sam Marshall, Sefton Council
Cllr Tony Johnson, Cannock Chase Council
Cllr Michael Dawson, SDDC
Cllr Margy Newens, Southwark Council
Cllr Andy Stamp, Medway Council
Cllr Adam Price, Medway Council
Cllr Kevin Johnston, Sunderland City Council
Cllr Clive Healiss, Nottingham City Council
Cllr Matt Renyard, Southampton City Council
Cllr Stephen Morgan, Portsmouth Council
Cllr Lauren O'Grady, Nottingham City Council
Cllr Lynne Allen, London Borough of Hillingdon Council
Cllr Clive Johnson, Medway Council
Cllr Shah Hussain, Burnley Borough Council
Cllr Richard Goffin-Lecar, Thanet Council
Cllr Daniel Lennie, WDC
Cllr Peter Lamb, Crawley Borough Council
Cllr Mike Cahill, West Oxfordshire
Cllr Hannah Coombs, Southampton City Council
Cllr Alex Paterson, Medway Council
Cllr Tony Ellerby, North Lincolnshire Council
Cllr George Fielding, Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Vince Maple, Medway Council
Cllr Cheryl Raynor, Wyre Council
Cllr Debbie Monksfield, Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Cllr Holly Swales, Wyre Council
Cllr Mike Norris, Mid Suffolk District Council
Cllr Jim Bollan, West Dunbartonshire Council
Cllr David McBride, West Dunbartonshire Council
Cllr Stephen Spence, Surrey County Council
Cllr Susan Doran, Spelthorne Borough Council
Cllr Ish Mistry, Rugby Borough Council
Cllr Rosa Gomez, Redbridge Council
Cllr Cate Woodward, Nottingham City Council
Cllr Elaine McDonald, Basildon Borough Council
Cllr Andy Kendall, Somerset County Council