The Socialist 7 January 2009

Stop the slaughter in Gaza

Stop the Slaughter in Gaza

Thousands protest against the Israeli onslaught

2009 - putting socialism back on the agenda

Youth fight for jobs

The great rail fares rip-off

Madoff with the money!

No festive joy for shop workers

Labour ministers' unsocial fund

Plutocrats lose

Make the poor pay

Tommy Sheridan in Celebrity Big Brother

USA: Chicago factory workers occupation wins concessions

For a fighting Usdaw leadership

South Wales: Workers vow to fight job losses

BT: reluctant vote for pension cuts

No redundancies at GSK!

Salford council: Equal pay, not pay cuts!

No to the toxic incinerator!

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Salford council: Equal pay, not pay cuts!

Trade Union members in Salford have made it clear to our employer, Salford city council that we will fight their attempt to use equal pay legislation to cut pay.

The council is trying to use the local government single status agreement to drive down the salaries of hundreds of employees, many of them low-paid women.

On top of this, they are seeking to attack hundreds more with the removal of allowances for unsociable working hours, such as night shifts and weekend work.

Despite insisting for the last year that some of our members would have to lose money, our Unison branch has been pushed by members' outrage into taking up a position of "no loss of pay for any member of staff."

Two Unison-led demonstrations, supported by the other Salford local government unions, Unite and the GMB, have taken place. We are building for a further two in January - one outside the first council meeting of the year and another on a Saturday.

We are also preparing for a consultative ballot on strike action. Importantly our Unison branch has agreed to recommend that members vote to reject the council's attacks.