» Friday, May 16, 2008

Strikes

Put that Unison had said that they were ready to call for a summer of strikes, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister’s position on this was that of course he respected the very good work that many people in the public sector did and acknowledged that it was important that we value the work that many hard working nurses and healthcare workers for example do. However it was also very important that we maintain our discipline when it came to public sector pay.

The difficult decisions we had taken on public sector pay in recent years has meant that the Bank of England had been able to reduce interest rates on a number of occasions in recent months. Put that Unison should not run away with the idea that the Prime Minister was in a weakened position, the PMS replied not at all.

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