Supporting
Unite the Union in their dispute with Capita
On 18 and 19 July, Unite members staged further strike
action against Capita in their dispute over pay. In Reading, the dispute
centred on Capita’s Reading Bridge House office, though this was part of a
national action involving members in Bournemouth, Bristol, Belfast, Glasgow,
Birmingham, Manchester and Stirling. As with the earlier strike of 16 June,
Reading Trades Union Council delegates fraternised with the strikers – some of
whom are delegates to RTUC themselves – and took photos of the picket line.
Below are a selection of photographs showing Unite members
from the RTUC in their dispute.
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Graeme Hoskin (4th left), Sarah Hacker (5th left)
and Jan Bastable (6th left) of RTUC & Unite |
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| Graeme Hoskin and Jan Bastable of RTUC & Unite |
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| Jan Bastable and Graeme Hoskin of RTUC & Unite |
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| Sarah Hacker (left) of RTUC & Unite |
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| Sarah Hacker (foreground) of RTUC & Unite |
Joining the
anti-cuts rally outside Reading Civic Offices
On 18 July 2016 RTUC joined Unison, RMT and other unions in
protesting Reading Borough Council’s cuts to services in its budget. The
Council’s Policy Committee has agreed £19.84 million in cuts to help bridge a
£36.7 million deficit in Council spending. The Conservative Government’s
funding allocation to local authorities is starving councils of money for
essential services and the trade union movement assembled at the Civic Offices
to say – ‘Enough is Enough!’ Cllr Jo Lovelock, Reading Borough Council Leader,
said she would be writing to Prime Minister Theresa May to point out the
devastating affects spending cuts are having on services.
