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Norwich Council workers to strike over pay dispute Staff working at a council-owned company in Norwich have announced five days of strike action over broken promises on pay. The dispute involves workers from the councils arms-length company Norwich City Services Ltd (NCSL). The company was set up in 2018 to bring services such as street cleaning and ground maintenance back in-house from Norse. However, Unite and Unison said the council refused to bring workers pay up to the level of directly em...

Norwich street cleaners, park staff and grave diggers are set to take five days of strike action after union attempts to resolve a pay dispute failed. Low...

WORKERS at Norwich City Council have overwhelmingly voted to strike over broken promises on pay and conditions. Unite said that 83 per cent of its members had backed a walkout on a whopping 90 per cent turnout, while Unison confirmed an 81 per cent vote for industrial action on a 84 per cent turnout. Strike dates will be announced soon for the dispute, which concerns the formation of the council’s new arm’s-length company NCSL, set up to bring outsourced services including ground maintena...

Workers Revolutionary Party WORKERS who carry out vital services for Norwich City Council have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action. In the Unite ballot 83% of the workers backed industrial action on a 90 per cent turnout and Unison members voted 81 per cent in favour of strike action on a turnout of 84 per cent. Unite and Unison will now begin preparations to announce strike dates at the council’s new arm’s length company called Norwich City Services Ltd (NCSL) in a d...

In the Unite ballot, 83pc backed industrial action on a 90pc turnout and Unison members voted 81pc in favour on an 84pc turnout. The unions said, prior to transfer, they held meetings with council leader Alan Waters and city council officer Anton Bull. They say they were told the new service would be significantly different to Norse, and that it would work with the unions to harmonise pay and conditions with city council colleagues. You may also want to watch: But the unions say they have ha...

In the Unite ballot, 83pc backed industrial action on a 90pc turnout and Unison members voted 81pc in favour on an 84pc turnout. The unions said, prior to transfer, they held meetings with council leader Alan Waters and city council officer Anton Bull. They say they were told the new service would be significantly different to Norse, and that it would work with the unions to harmonise pay and conditions with city council colleagues. You may also want to watch: But the unions say they have ha...

This newspaper put a string of questions to Norwich City Council and to leader Alan Waters. The council issued a statement, rather than responding directly to each question asked, including those about pension arrangements and whether it agreed the unions had been told the goal was to work towards harmonisation. A spokesperson for Norwich City Council: “We are disappointed by the response to the improved pay offer for those colleagues who recently transferred to the council’s new company....

Norfolk’s director for public health Dr Louise Smith said that considering the countys demographic profile and high care home population, the figures "are not unlike those across the country." “Despite stringent compliance with PPE and regular testing, care providers are finding that the virus can infect significant numbers of residents and staff; we believe this increase may be due to a number of factors, including the winter weather, the high levels of infection in the general population...

Coronavirus: Data reveals record week for deaths in West Norfolk  | Updated: 14:49, 02 February 2021 The weekly death toll from coronavirus in West Norfolk has hit new record levels, according to figures out today. Union leaders have also hit out after data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the virus contributed to the deaths of more than 100 people in Norfolk care homes last week alone. And the grim January toll has also accounted for more than a third of all Covid deaths ...

Norfolk’s director for public health Dr Louise Smith said that considering the countys demographic profile and high care home population, the figures "are not unlike those across the country." “Despite stringent compliance with PPE and regular testing, care providers are finding that the virus can infect significant numbers of residents and staff; we believe this increase may be due to a number of factors, including the winter weather, the high levels of infection in the general population...