Strike action is the only option left to local government workers. They want to demonstrate the burning resentment and anger they feel over the government and employers taking away their pension rights when those same rights have been given to every other public-sector pension scheme.
"Dave Prentis" is the current General Secretary of UNISON, the United Kingdom's second largest trade union. He was originally elected on 1 January 2001 and was re-elected in March 2005, with 77% of the vote.
File:Dave Prentis.JPG/thumb/Dave Prentis at Labour Party Conference 2002
More Dave Prentis on Wikipedia.Fairness has gone out of the window. The government has quite rightly agreed to give protection of their promised retirement age to every other public sector worker. But they are leaving members of the Local Government Pension Scheme out in the cold.
I believe local government workers have been singled out for second class treatment because they are mostly women.
They are not selfish people, they are not using any excuse to call 'strike' and have a day off -- they are asking simply for what they have paid for and what they deserve. This immoral behavior from employers is the very reason our members are angry and frustrated. They are not militant as a rule but they have no choice other than to strike.
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