Sunday, December 18, 2011

Councils prepare for national walkout

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social care to clean the streets, the Council is preparing to strike up to one million local government workers next week

Council is preparing for up to one million local government workers to strike next week, hit the library services of street cleaning to social assistance.

The Local Government Association, which represents over 370 councils in England and Wales, said authorities have developed contingency plans to keep open the vital services such as nursing homes. However, libraries should remain closed containers unemptied and paralyzed because some facilities operate at the authorities 'limited service'.

"Councils have been established emergency measures to protect some of the most vulnerable in their area," said Sarah Messenger, head of the labor force in the LGA.

The union representing the largest number of workers in local government, Unison, surveyed 750,000 employees, including home care workers, social workers, teaching assistants, the ladies of the School dinner and cleaning products. Its general secretary, Dave Prentis, warned that members provide emergency coverage minimum. The GMB has passed a new 217,000 employees, while participation in both surveys was approximately 30%. A total of about 980,000 people voted.

in Southampton, City employees are preparing to join the national strike after holding a series of strikes this year in a separate dispute over pay cuts and changes in the contract. Bin collections will be suspended and closed libraries in the latest salvo in a war of attrition between the local unions, dominated by Unite and Unison, Conservative and advisers. Southampton City Council, said residential homes and children's centers that stay open after discussions with the unions. "Adults and vulnerable children in the city will not be compromised by any strike action," said the board.

Georgina
Rider, pictured, an occupational therapist on the board that he intends to strike Wednesday, said the increase in contributions and other changes in your retirement could cost an extra £ 500 a year. "I'm 32, I have my own house, I was a mature student and I have no savings because I put them in college." Echoing the warnings of union leaders, Rider, who earns £ 26 000 per year, said he may have to exit the program. "With pension contributions, I have to put even more distance and do not know if I can. I have to balance saving money for a house, while fuel became more expensive, and I wanted children to a point. "
  • His colleague Hayley Garner, 27, a housing officer and the community and the representative of the union Unison, said the change could exacerbate the impact of pension of a two-year wage freeze for public sector workers and Southampton, a reduction in payment of a maximum of 5.5% per year for 4600 employees. Garner, who earns £ 21 000 per year, said: "For some people, they could earn a good salary, but for the work you put in stress, is not a salary fantastic." He added: "I can not see otherwise, except to go on strike on Nov. 30 to show how upset and angry we are."
At the lower end of pay scales of the board, cleaning the streets of Southampton, said a pension is a crucial incentive to do their job. Ray Clark, a grandfather of 45 said that pensions were an incentive for hard work. "Most of us start work at six o'clock," he said.

Clark said cleanup crews found in the streets "of all sorts of nasty things imaginable," including the scanning of the consequences of accidents. "I guarantee that each of us has dealt with all kinds of bodily fluids, without going into too much detail. "

GMB national officer for Public Services, Brian Strutton, said the government's recent offer concessions, including an increase in the rate of accumulation - the amount of money each year to build up your pension - not not directly apply to the pension plan of local government.
The LGPS is different from health plans, education and government, as it is funded by the investment is now worth £ 140 billion, not by the Treasury budget. Therefore, the GMB supports, it is not necessary to take a billion pounds in increased contributions to the plan.


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