Latest updates: Mick Lynch says unions have ‘duty to coordinate’ as workers face ‘paltry pay rises’
Nick Gibb, the schools minister, was giving interviews on behalf of the government this morning. He urged the RMT to call off its Christmas strike, and accused the union of holding the country “to ransom”. He told LBC:
I would say to the unions, we do understand, of course, the cost that families up and down the country are facing as a consequence of higher energy prices and the cost of living going up, but this is not the way to negotiate.
They need to get around the table, talk to the employers and come up with a settlement, not hold the country to ransom, not disrupt people’s Christmas plans.
This looks very dodgy – people making huge sums of money on PPE that couldn’t be used. It needs to be exposed now. Those documents need to come out and it needs to be out in the open.
Continue reading…Latest updates: Mick Lynch says unions have ‘duty to coordinate’ as workers face ‘paltry pay rises’Nick Gibb, the schools minister, was giving interviews on behalf of the government this morning. He urged the RMT to call off its Christmas strike, and accused the union of holding the country “to ransom”. He told LBC:I would say to the unions, we do understand, of course, the cost that families up and down the country are facing as a consequence of higher energy prices and the cost of living going up, but this is not the way to negotiate. They need to get around the table, talk to the employers and come up with a settlement, not hold the country to ransom, not disrupt people’s Christmas plans. This looks very dodgy – people making huge sums of money on PPE that couldn’t be used. It needs to be exposed now. Those documents need to come out and it needs to be out in the open. Continue reading…