This week's Local Government Special Conference was absolutely amazing & has put the power back in the hands of the members and sent a message to our employers and the next Government that we demand a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.
A message was also sent to Unison's 'top table' that we don't want platitudes we want a campaign for fair pay that includes imagination and leadership.
The Special Conference was called by branches exasperated at the capitulation of the campaign in local government for a fair pay rise for 2014 /2015 which resulted in another equivalent pay cut for not only 2014 / 15 but a further pay cut in 2015 /16.
The outcome of this Conference included criticism of the decision to suspend planned strike action; an agreement to reignite the Fair Pay campaign and submit a further pay claim for 2015 / 16 & a demand for the inclusion of lay members on Unison's negotiating team.
This Conference has put fair pay at the forefront of Unison's agenda and it will be interesting to see that if Labour are part of the next Government whether the millions of pounds invested by Unison's Labour Link in the Labour Party will be worth the paper those fat cheques have been written on?
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