Action will go on for fair pay, General Secretary tells
Edinburgh stewards
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UNISON Scottish Secretary Matt Smith
shares a joke with pickets, though it was very early,
cold, wet, very very wet.
The pickets were also joined by
Dave Prentis, lead negotiator Dougie Black and newly
elected UNISON Vice-President Angela Lynes. Balloons,
a battle bus and a huge ad trailer made it a carnival
atmosphere. Oh, but it was wet!
Dave went on to visit pickets at
the city chambers and made an attempt to hand out
leaflets which pretty soon became pulp as the rain
bucketted down.
Photo: Douglas Robertson
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UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis told Edinburgh Council
pickets that the industrial action will continue until staff
get fair pay.
The action will continue "until the employers who haven't
talked to us for three months, come back round the negotiating
table and talk about the real issues affecting their workers
- the issue of not being able to pay the bills", said Dave.
Edinburgh Branch President John Stevenson said, "The resounding
response to the strike shows just how angry our members
are. "The public response on the picket lines has been fantastic.
They clearly understand the fairness of our case".
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