The Socialist 31 October 2012 Solidarity with Ford workers - Defend every job  Solidarity with Ford workers - Defend every job Prepare for a 24-hour general strike Savile case: How bullies and predators thrived Tory cuts will increase child poverty Gas prices - All companies join price hike Scores of trains cancelled in west midlands Spain: Autumn heats up as general strike approaches South African miners: the struggle continues Socialist MEP obstructed by Kazakh authorities Housing: How the market has failed Birmingham cuts: council workers must lead a fightback Birmingham council threatens 1,000 jobs ... national Unison leadership responds meekly Teachers at Stratford Academy strike against scandalous pay cuts Bromley council: Drop your plans or face a strike! Glasgow Unison's fighting strategy Stop cuts at Dewsbury hospital South London NHS debt funds Tories! EDL fails in second attempt to rally in Waltham Forest Rotherham workers and youth unite against the National Front University of East London - scrap the unfair attendance policy! Student demonstration must be just the beginning |
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Home | The Socialist 31 October 2012 | Join the Socialist Party Bromley council: Drop your plans or face a strike!A Bromley council workerThe council chamber in Bromley was so packed on 23 October that protesting council workers spilled out onto the council chamber floor. 120 angry workers came to oppose council plans to opt out of the national terms and conditions for council workers. The council are saying staff have nothing to worry about as they are not proposing to change any of the existing terms and conditions and we should trust in them. But, addressing the councillors, staff side secretary Glenn Kelly said: "the last time I heard someone say 'trust in me' was the snake in Jungle Book - just as he was about to devour Mowgli!" The proposal comes at a time when the chief executive is travelling the borough like the grim reaper telling staff to prepare for a cuts Armageddon. Some councillors are calling for the workforce to be reduced from 3,700 to 300! Glenn told the council that so dire was the message from the chief executive that he "half expected to see him in Bromley high street with a placard round his neck saying the end is nigh". Despite mass opposition from the workforce the council voted to proceed with the proposals. They will now ask staff to sign up for the new contracts or face sacking and re-engagement. But Glenn told the councillors that: "turkeys don't vote for Christmas". Now both Unite and Unison intend balloting members for industrial action if the council doesn't back down. We will now be organising a mass refusal to sign the new contracts. In this issue
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