Members of Britain’s biggest public sector union have challenged their leadership’s stance on pensions negotiations, and came within a narrow margin of reigniting strike action to press their claim.
A planned 48 hour strike by firefighters in Hertfordshire, which was due to start at 6pm on Thursday of last week, was called off at the last minute in order for union negotiators to consult with branches over the latest offer from employers.
‘The pressure is on the leaders of Unison. They can be under no illusion that they only got away with not reinstating strike action by the skin of their teeth.
Members of the Prospect civil service workers’ union at the Ordnance Survey have voted by four to one to strike in protest at the failure of management to agree a fair pay deal, ten months after its implementation date.
Asda suspended Hugh Bennett, a truck driver and GMB union steward in Wigan, for supporting the union’s strike ballot by writing "vote yes" on an England flag.
After a third solid one-day strike last Saturday bus drivers at Nottingham City Transport (NCT) have suspended their action so that management’s latest offer can be put to a ballot of all 830 drivers.