There are confusing messages being communicated to ordinary members by two different strands on opposite sides of the debate.
Unison, through the anonymous Unison Active blog, is telling members to vote yes and explains why the negotiators have done the best they could under the circumstances. The key to their message is that 90% of members will not see an increase in their contributions and the important point to someone like myself is that any outfit that is transferred out of local government will be protected under the TUPE regulations.
Then there are a number of branches, like Lambeth Unison, with policies that were voted on at branch meetings to reject the deal. Jon Rogers leads the way on this with a number of explanations on his blog about why the deal is a bad one and why massive resistance and strike action can force the government to give in to our demands within 3 weeks.
The most confusing part of this entire affair is whether local branches have the right to ignore national policy which is to support a yes vote? Those supporting the national line are saying that a branch is acting outside the rules by allowing its officers to actively campaign against the proposal supported by the NEC? Is that right?
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