A mass members’ meeting of the Lambeth local government branch of public sector union Unison has voted unanimously to reject the government’s pensions deal and back the campaign for a special sector conference within Unison to overturn the Local Government Service Group Executive’s decision to enter negotiations on the government’s terms.
Assistant Branch Secretary Ruth Cashman said: “Our members in Lambeth showed strong support for the strike on 30 November, and we believe that local government workers should remain united with other public sector and private sector workers in pushing for fair pensions for all.”
The meeting was one of the branch’s best-attended meetings for several years.
Lambeth Unison now joins the campaign initiated by Coventry Unison’s branch committee for a special local government conference.
Activists in Unison’s health side have also launched a similar campaign.
