strike in their battle for salary regrading.
colleagues who have been out for four months.
secretary of the Liverpoolstrike committee.
NALGO's national policy is to abolish the national social workers' salary scale and allow local negotiations. This deciSO Was LaKeI alter it had become clear that the national scale was artificially holding down wages.
Despite this, NALGO's leaders, headed by Mike Blick, entered negotiations with the employers on zo october wit the aim of improving national scare getting rid ofit.
LUDICROUS The outcome of these talks was a ludicrOus S-level scheme which was rejected by WULACES COUnLEY SOCIAL WORKERS in 12 local authorities are now on Last Friday, social workersin Cheshire and Islington were called out by their union, NALGO, to join The escalation follows an unprecedented climbdown by our union leadership, reports PETE CRESWELL, Al the crucial meeting on 29 November, Blick found that 11 of NALGO's 12 districts had rejected the deal. He also found that 1.500 social workers Iron all over the country had turned up to lobby the meeting.
ALTERNATIVE The leadership alternative but to throw out the the deal. so they are now proposing to call a special group meeting - a conterence ol all local government branches -Janual y, acceptance of the offer. pay They're also making noises 300l reducing strike NALGO, it should be noted, is LIC supposed to be one of the richest had ПО unions in Europe.
This climbdown comes after TRe MOS! concerted stration of rank and file power - in late I NALUUS MIStOrY. and force workers have oracred arouna by the orcial "strike pay. when does not contain a singie social worker Instead we have formed our SOCIAL workers lobbying NALGO HQ to stop a sell out own standing conference demon- LOUI WHICH past months refused to be lobbies, pickets, operations committee an attempt to stop a sell-out.
of strike committees. It is this orkamsca the then be lobby last week, and over the national deal.
has organised and even an occupation of NALGO's HQ in however, The stage is now set for a long and bitter continuation of the dispute. The local employers will be hanging on unti next month in the hope that we will forced to accept the We are equally determined and social workers will be taking action to force the union to strengthen the strike. We want the strike spread to