Show Solidarity for the Lobby of Sefton Council
Trades Union Congress | 29.10.2005 00:42 | Liverpool
Show Solidarity by joining forces and supporting the Unison Lobby of Sefton Council on Tuesday 1st November.
Show Solidarity for the Lobby of Sefton Council
Date Tue, 1 Nov 2005
Location Outside Bootle Town Hall, Orrel Road, Bootle, Liverpool, 08.45am
Description
Show Solidarity by joining forces and supporting the Unison Lobby of Sefton Council on Tuesday 1st November.
This is the date set for the reconvened disciplinary hearing of the 'Sefton 6' involving the suspension hearings of their two branch officers Nigel Flanagan and Paul Summers.
Contact for more information
Glen Williams, Chair Sefton Unison
e mail:
glenwilliamsedt@hotmail.com
mobile: 07971216589
Press release (100 words) issued 25 Oct 2005
Date Tue, 1 Nov 2005
Location Outside Bootle Town Hall, Orrel Road, Bootle, Liverpool, 08.45am
Description
Show Solidarity by joining forces and supporting the Unison Lobby of Sefton Council on Tuesday 1st November.
This is the date set for the reconvened disciplinary hearing of the 'Sefton 6' involving the suspension hearings of their two branch officers Nigel Flanagan and Paul Summers.
Contact for more information
Glen Williams, Chair Sefton Unison
e mail:
glenwilliamsedt@hotmail.com mobile: 07971216589
Press release (100 words) issued 25 Oct 2005
Trades Union Congress
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29.10.2005 01:28
Howie
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Solidarity marks Sefton disciplinary hearings
02.11.2005 09:43
(1/11/05) Supporters gathered outside Bootle Town Hall in Liverpool to show solidarity with the six Sefton council workers who face disciplinary hearings today.
The dispute began when the six council workers were suspended after taking part in a successful protest against the authority’s proposed housing stock transfer.
The council accused the six of behaviour unbecoming of a council officerand bringing the council into disrepute. However, police logbooks stated that the demonstration was “peaceful” and passed without incident.
Two UNISON branch officers, Nigel Flanagan and Paul Summers, have still not been allowed to return to work.
“This morning’s show of solidarity was really well attended,” said Sefton local government branch chair Glen Williams. “We had branches here from all across the north west region and we were given more cheques for the hardship fund.”
Strike action in support of the suspended workers is continuing, with up to 50 UNISON members from the creditors section, personnel, student support section and the education admissions section on all out strike.
All submissions from the disciplinary hearing will be made today and a decision on the future of the suspended workers is expected in the next few days.
“We are sending a clear message to the council: the strike action will not end until the workers have all been reinstated,” said Williams.
Donations to the branch hardship fund should be sent to:
Sefton UNISON, Mersey Seaman’s Mission, Colonsay House, 20 Crosby Road South, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 1RQ
Howie
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http://independent.livjm.ac.uk/unison
Breaking News
04.11.2005 14:15
| have received information this morning that two leading Unison
Officials - (Nigel Flanagan & Paul Summers) employed by Sefton MBC
have today been dismissed following a disciplinary hearing. It is
quite clear that the only crime Nigel and Paul are guilty of is
being effective and excellent trade union officers and campaigning
against the transfer of housing stock by Sefton Council.
In the days and weeks ahead Unison Sefton Branch and Merseyside TUC
will be calling for financial and other support to try to get them
reinstated.
In the meantime messages of support can be sent to Unison Sefton
Branch 38 Church Road Waterloo Liverpool 22 or email
Alec McFadden
President Merseyside TUC
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