Build from March 28!
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by a unison member
Build unity; reach out to other sections of the working class; organise hard-hitting action — and local government workers can win the huge battle over pensions due to open on 28 March.
UNISON
Unite to win!
AWL bulletin for the local government unions' strike over pension cuts, 28 March 2006.
Unison Labour Link suspends support for Labour
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"Unison Labour Link", the structure by which the giant public services union Unison deals with its relations with the Labour Party, has suspended its support for Labour. Its statement reads:
Local government workers to strike on 28 March
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One million workers in local government, members of Unison and other unions, are set to strike on 28 March against the Government's plans to cut their pension provision.
We need a national fight back
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By Becky Crocker
The 2 March demonstration in Westminster against the Government's plans for schools, called by Ealing NUT, was about a hundred strong. Despite the poor turn out, activists from NUT, UNISON and other unions showed determination to defeat this bill.
Draft text for motions in Unison branches on the pensions campaign
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The following text, submitted to Newcastle City Unison, may be useful to other Unison activists seeking to discuss the campaign over local government pensions.
Industrial News
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Terminal 5 strikes
TGWU, GMB and UCATT members building Heathrow’s Terminal 5 struck on Friday 20 and Monday 23 January in their battle over bonuses with contractor Laing O’Rourke — despite claims in the bosses’ press that the action was being called off following a settlement.
start a fightback!
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With health, teachers and civil servants having agreed a deal over pensions with the government, local government workers have been left to battle on alone.
Defend Eileen Short
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UNISON and NUJ members in the Press and Publicity department of Tower Hamlets Council took strike action on Monday 28 November in defence of Eileen Short, who has been threatened with losing her job as a result of restructuring.
Newcastle Unison opposes pensions sell-out
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By Ed Whitby, Newcastle City Council Unison
THE following motion, opposing both the raising of the local government retirement age for a full pension to 65 and the creation of a two-tier workforce with different pension rights, was passed unanimously by Newcastle City Council Unison at the start of November.