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Union leaders dismiss pay cuts
Thu, July 29 2010

Unison has said pay cuts would put financial strain on staff at West Berkshire Council
 

UNION leaders have dismissed West Berkshire Council’s offer of pay cuts for staff after the authority approved proposals to cut a further 20 jobs from its workforce.
Last month the council announced it was axing 50 positions to counteract a £4 million cut in its annual budget imposed by the Government and last Thursday it confirmed a further 20 jobs are to go, to save the council an extra £700,000.
Following the decision at Thursday’s executive meeting, the deputy leader of the opposition, Roger Hunnemann (Lib Dem, Victoria) suggested council staff could receive pay cuts instead of facing the axe, claiming this would spread the impact of the budget cuts and help minimise future job losses.
Chief executive of the district council, Nick Carter, said discussions with unions had started on an informal basis.
However on Tuesday, Unison said any offers of pay cuts would be rejected out of hand.
Spokesman, David Pearson, said: “Our primary concerns are that a two-year pay freeze is in itself a significant pay cut.
“Another cut would cause many staff severe financial problems, and we do not have any confidence that the money saved would be used to counteract more job losses.”
Council leader Graham Jones (Con, Lambourn) has not ruled out further job losses over the coming year.

 
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