Dave Prentis

Dave Prentis
Dave Prentis is a British trade unionist who is the current General Secretary of UNISON, the United Kingdom's second largest trade union. He was originally elected on 1 January 2001 and was re-elected in March 2005, with 77% of the vote. He was again re-elected in 2010, and in 2015...
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Fairness has gone out of the window. The government has quite rightly agreed to give protection of their promised retirement age to every other public sector worker. But they are leaving members of the Local Government Pension Scheme out in the cold.
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The chancellor must look to the future and continue to invest to deliver world class public services.
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They are not selfish people, they are not using any excuse to call 'strike' and have a day off -- they are asking simply for what they have paid for and what they deserve. This immoral behavior from employers is the very reason our members are angry and frustrated. They are not militant as a rule but they have no choice other than to strike.
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What's the difference between the Lib-Dems and a supermarket trolley? A supermarket trolley has a mind of its own,