ALMOST 1200 NALGO residental social workers are on all-out strike and a further 24,000 are taking selective action in support of a national claim for improved pay and working conditions. slogan of 'be fair to those who care' they are demanding parity with most other public sector workers -a 35 hour week payments.
takes home no more than £60 a week while an officer-in-charge of a medium size children's home takes home no more than £80.
onsas from ever dil. responses from the ferent local authorities, and the different strengths of the action locally, the old negotiations' has recently local settlement hạs OCCU made Wolverhampton against the policy of the Some strong 'left wing' branches London argue. as they did in the 19:8-9 dispute, that strong branches should negotiate *cally. They local settlements would push ouTe employers settle tionally or locally. dispute the rejection the But during Jocal settlement' tactic by of the left Under the and unsocial hours and shift At present the average residential social worker neeting responded to the all from the 'Shire' coun ties not to leave weaker areas to fight alone.
(Newham Nalgo, personal capacity)
Delegates also called for ballots for national escalation of the action for social hours only' working and a day of action on 7 December.
The meeting also agreed that the action would continue until steward in the Kent County branch, sacked for supporting is reinstated. NA SAYS include a £99 per week minimum wage, but this is not being linked to the social workers' fight.
Unfortunately in many Case SUDOOr local Labour councillors has been at best lukewarm Even left-wing councillors have denounced the claim as 'excessive' put themselves into a position acting 'tough' employers. At