Wednesday 12 August 2020 For immediate release Tower Hamlets council staff set to strike again from tomorrow in long-running pay dispute, says UNISON Tower Hamlets council staff, including social workers and environmental health staff, are to take a further three days of action in a long-running dispute over the local authority’s decision to sack and re-employ them on inferior contracts, says UNISON […]
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Tuesday 14 July 2020 For immediate release Tower Hamlets Council staff announce further strike dates Care workers, health inspectors and social workers will be among Tower Hamlets Council staff going on strike from tomorrow (Wednesday) until Friday 17 July over the council’s decision to sack and reemploy them on inferior contracts, says UNISON. This follows a three-day strike last week which involved […]
Tuesday 30 June 2020 For immediate release UNISON staff to strike after Tower Hamlets Council contract talks collapse Thousands of Tower Hamlets Council staff are to strike next month after managers vowed to push ahead with a plan to sack and re-employ staff on inferior contracts , says UNISON today (Tuesday). Strikes opposing the council’s Tower Rewards Package, which could see 4,000 workers potentially worse off as a result of plans which include cuts to travel allowances and out of hours payments, will take place on Friday 3, Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 […]
UNISON has been representing staff employed by Tower Hamlets council over a dispute about proposed changes to staff contracts, called the Tower Rewards package. The proposed changes, which were due to be implemented on 14 April, would mean significant detriment to staff, including severance pay being reduced by 80% and out of hour’s enhancements being […]
Tower Hamlets UNISON has suspended strike action planned tomorrow (24th March) in light of the public health emergency caused by the Coronavirus, and urges Tower Hamlets council to meet half way to end the dispute. The dispute is over council plans to sack and offer re-engagement on a disputed new contract called ‘Tower Rewards’ to […]
Thousands of Tower Hamlets Council staff have voted to take industrial action to stop managers forcing through contract changes, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Council employees decided overwhelmingly to walk out over changes due to take effect in mid-April. UNISON is now working with staff to determine the timing and scale of their action. Council staff […]