Supporting the local goverment strikes

I'm sure that everyone is now aware that UNISON is leading a strike of our members who work for local government (and those with NJC based pay & conditions who have been balloted) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland this Wednesday and Thursday (16th/17th).

UNISON are pulling out all the stops to make the action as successful as possible and to ensure the public are behind us. Staff from across the union, including all service groups, are being diverted into supporting the action. As blogged below, the GPF have funded a massive advertising campaign.

I myself have been doing what I can to support the action through the medium of facebook. Through the UNISON group there is an event set up to promote the action.

I will be on a course on both these days but will be doing what I can to get to picket lines before I start.

What you can do to support local government workers taking action:

1. Visit a picket line - members will really take heart from your support

2. Give a message of support via our website http://www.unison.org.uk/paymatters/support.asp

3. Speak up for our low paid local government members taking action. There will be plenty of stories about self interest and greed, so whenever you hear them speak up for our members struggling to get by with soaring prices.

Most important if you come into contact with local government workers in your job make sure you don't undermine their action by doing the work of striking workers (and remember it is illigal for agency workers to be used to do the work of striking staff), and if you can't please avoid crossing the picket line.