of the Council's senior management and political leadership to drive through cuts and implement its policies as it wishes.
The chief executive, Leisha Fullick, maintains that this is the kind of action the council is absolutely right to take as part of my drive to "modernise".
Further, since the recent election, Labour only controls the council on the casting vote of the mayor, bringing fierce competiT108 between the Liberal Democrats and Labour over who can attack the workers most effectively.
This also ties in with the desire of the council leadership to implement New Labour policies such as Best Value and PFI projects successfully. The Labour government has made it clear that it expects councils to cooperate with policies of tight control over public spending by making services more efficient (ie cutting them).
Like the struggles of Camden library workers and Tameside care workers which have recently reported on, this struggle and its outcome are of crucial political importance. • Another group of Islington UNISON members, Special Education workers at Rosemary School, are striking over Rosemary School governors' refusal to pay a special allowance for their work.
This low-waged group of workers have campaigned for four years for this top up allowance which is paid to similar groups of workers in other special schools.
The governors have the money but are refusing to pay it. Requests for speakers should again be sent to Islington UNISON.
UNISON protest rally in Islington, Saturday June 6 • Send messages of support and requests for speakers to Islington UNISON c/o Northway House, 257-258 Upper Street, London NI 2UD.
Phone 0171-477 2489/2490/2491. Fax:
0171-4772767.
• Fax protests to Andy Jennings, Chief Housing Officer, Islington, 0171-477-4198.