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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 council's 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 employed staff. The unions argues the workers transferring from Norse have some of the lowest pay ...

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 maintenance and street cleaning back in-house. The unions have accused Norwich council bosses of reneging o...

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 dispute over pay and conditions. The unions have been in discussions since 2018 with Norwich City Cou...

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 had a letter from Hannah Leys, managing director of the NCSL board, stating "it is not our goal to ai...