‘Now is the time to win for our members’

“Now is the time to win for our members,” general secretary Dave Pentis told UNISON police and justice activists gathered in Llandudno for their annual conference today.
“It is good to see so many of you, UNISON activists standing together for our members,” he told them.
“It is time to end austerity; it is time to end the pay cap. For UNISON members struggling to survive, there is no more pressing issue.”
But, he said, scrapping the cap is not enough. “We demand real-term pay rises for all public service workers.”
And UNISON is a powerful voice, he told delegates: “Together we can win for public services and public service workers.”
But he warned that “there are those who will seek to divide us and cherry pick their preferred services or parts of services”.
However, “we don’t want rises for those in uniform only – we want uniform pay rises for everybody.
“Yes, it’s about police officers. But it’s also about police staff and probation staff.
“All have suffered from austerity. All deserve a pay rise they have been denied.
“We have got clear demands. We want government money to provide pay rises for everyone – real pay increases for all; a fair share for everyone.”
That is why UNISON has lauanched a massive campaign – Pay Up Now! – across the whole union, covering all 12 of the union’s regions and all seven of its service groups.
Mr Prentis told the conference that he had been at a march and rally in Edinburgh at the weekend, wi...

Source: UNISON Health care news - October 12, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: Tony Braisby Tags: Article News dave prentis pay up now police and justice conference 2017 Police and justice staff police staff probation Source Type: news