Barnet UNISON Press Release: 17 April 2015
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 17/04/2015 - 09:27
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Barnet UNISON confirm dates of first wave
of strike action
Following the
announcement last week that 87% of UNISON members working for
Barnet “easyCouncil” voted YES to strike action a
consultation with our reps and members has produced a timetable for strike
action starting with two days of strike action on:
Thursday 30 April and
Friday 1 May.
The Trades Dispute
with London Borough of Barnet is over staff remaining in employment with Barnet
Council. The dispute will involve a range of of workers for example coach
escorts, drivers, social workers, occucpational therpaists, Library workers,
children & family centre workers, street cleaning & refuse workers, all
of whom have made it clear they want to remain employees of the Council.
UNISON Branch
Secretary John Burgess said: This dispute is all about how strongly our
members feel about wanting to remain Council employees. They don’t
want to work for big multi nationals who will quickly dump the staff
to another contractor if they are not making enough profitwhich
appears to be happening to 3,000 workers in
Staffordshire. They don’t want to work for a
company that won’t pay the London Living Wage. They don’t want to work for
a company that uses zero hours contracts. They don’t want to work for
a company that will take jobs out of the community they serve. They want
to to work for Barnet Council and remain directly accountableto
the residents of Barnet. One of our members has written and produced a music
campaign video called “The easyCouncil Loco-motion” which pretty
much sums up the mood of our members take a look here https://youtu.be/Wi0bdgofsmM
Notes to Editors.
Contact details: John
Burgess Barnet UNISON on 07738389569 or 0208 359 2088 or email:john.burgess@barnetunison.org.uk
Background:
1. Union officer 'flabbergasted' by
3,000 jobs transfer
2. Disappearing
Council – short animation https://youtu.be/YQ5t63fSu-s
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