Labour MP calls for Government to listen to low paid

Local Government workers in Unison have voted by a clear majority to take industrial action over the imposition of a below-inflation pay deal of just 2.45%.

John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said

“The Government must listen to this appeal. The underlying reason for this vote for strike action is a genuine feeling of unfairness that lower paid public sector workers are being asked to carry the burden of the economic downturn.

“Ministers, earning over £100,000 per year will barely notice their pay freeze, but for many local government workers it will mean real hardship.”

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Unison MPs John McDonnell, Kelvin Hopkins, Katy Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, Mike Wood, and David Drew have also tabled EDM 1847 'Public Sector Workers and Unison Poll'.