The Unions Fight Back
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Unite members at the Port of Liverpool will begin the industrial action hours after the Queen’s funeral, having turned down a pay offer from the Peel Ports Group, which owns the site.
The company said workers had rejected a 8.3% pay rise, enhanced with a one-off payment of £750. However the union described the offer as a real-terms pay cut because of the soaring rate of inflation during the cost of living crisis, arguing that the port’s owners could afford a higher increase.
Unite’s general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: “Workers across the country are sick to death of being told to take a hit on their wages and living standards while employer after employer is guilty of rampant profiteering.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/24/britain-radical-solutions-labour-1990s-strikes
>>>despite the upswell of public support for striking workers, the Labour leadership has chosen to pursue the votes of conservative, home-owning retirees who switched to the Tories in 2019.<<<
The RMT union has said talks with the new transport secretary were a “good start” in attempts to solve issues that have led to crippling strikes on the railways.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan held talks with Mick Lynch and Aslef’s Mick Whelan last week, days after getting the job. It represents a change of approach from her predecessor, Grant Shapps, who refused to meet union leaders.
Royal Mail’s revenge
10,000 redundancies(4000 natural wastage not re-filled, plus 6000 axed)
And the redundancy pay-off payments will be at a lower level than previously agreed.
“Royal Mail also revealed that it will have to enter talks with the union because, it said its legacy voluntary redundancy scheme, which offers up to two years’ of pay, “is now unaffordable”. ”“Strikes are inevitable. And strikes are a symptom of things going wrong. It’s not a coordinated political campaign to bring down the government. We bring our members out on strike when we reach the point where there’s no other alternative.” Christina McAnea, the general secretary of Unison
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/17/endemic-low-pay-threatens-future-nhs-union-boss
Unite union, Sharon Graham, predicted that up to 1 million people in various areas could soon be on strike at once.
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