By Simon Kennedy UNISON giving £25,000 to support striking Sheffield library workcrown. ers.
300 staff have been on strike after the council threatened to cut weekend pay. ments undermining nationally agreed conditions and hitting low-paid staff.
Striking steward Nick James said:
"They have offered us no guarantees that they wont attack our national pay and mains solid and quite frankly I'm amazed at how high evework". spirits high". Management at City UrUN couns Hospital trust in Birup the action with a ballot of mingham haved leisure centre workers. dropped a cuts bombNick James said "The lei- shell.
We are confident of a tendering of a massive vote in favour of action and look forward to piling on the pressure on the council. It is sive cuts. time they backed down"
tary Chris Rickards said Sheffield has voted re"the statt will feel devascently to close six libraries in Stated at these proposals. the city and management rereduction in wages and of weekend work pay.
The money from the national union will help to re- UNISON will accept these solve some of the hardship and avoid management's intent to starve them back to