Cuts to services, cuts to jobs, cuts to pay, cuts to pensions!

We are going to be consulted on

·        Should your service to be privatised?

·        Should your job be privatised?

·        Should you have pay freeze/cut for the next 5 years?

·        Should your pension to be closed?

Last week the Local Government Employers’ Circular – “Reducing Workforce Costs” was published.

Some of the headlines include :

·        impose a pay freeze if there is no contractual entitlement to an annual pay award or increment

·        Temporary suspension of incremental progression

·        Percentage reduction in salary through collective agreement with unions or by individual agreement in order to achieve a saving on your wage bill

·        Consider re-negotiating terms and conditions such as severance packages

Fightback

You keep nothing if you don’t fight for it.

What you can do

1.     Sign our petition online here http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bankers/

2.     Print off the petition and ask work colleagues to sign it and hand in to the UNISON Office.

3.     Sign up new UNISON members in your team

4.     Attend the Emergency Branch Meeting on Thursday 1 July 12.30 – 1.30 pm Conference room 3, Building 2, NLBP.

5.     Sign Robin Hood Tax petition and encourage colleagues and friends to sign.