Members' Meeting: 27th January

At the members’ meeting on 10th January, there was a call for another meeting to be held in the Council Chamber with one of the Joint Branch Secretaries present. The originally proposed date of 17th January is not feasible as the Council Chamber is not available and the Branch Secretary who has led the negotiations about the redundancy pay has a meeting in London with LGIU about influencing budget setting.

The earliest date at which both the Council Chamber and Branch Secretary are available is 27th January. The meeting is booked for 12.15 pm to 1.15 pm. 27th January is also the deadline for the indicative ballot and we expect to be able to report on an overwhelming vote in favour of action and discuss what happens next.

The meeting on 10th January also asked that a press release be sent out. This is being prepared and will be sent to local media on Friday 20th January after ALL 4 members meetings have taken place. The key messages will be:
>> Members’ anger at the “double whammy” of budget cuts that mean redundancies coming at the same time the Council is threatening to cut levels of redundancy pay.
>> Result of indicative ballot due on 27th January
>> Call for the Council to come back to the negotiating table to sort out redundancy pay