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HALF-A-MILLION front-line council workers paid less than the living wage “have no choice but to strike on July 10,” TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady told millionaire Tories yesterday.
Ms O’Grady said there was no excuse for slashing public-sector pay when Chancellor George Osborne offered the richest another tax break in his latest Budget.
She said: “Spending cuts and large-scale redundancies have hit libraries, leisure centres and nurseries hard in communities right across Britain.
“The workers left holding the fort and trying to deliver those services — despite the loss of many of their colleagues — have pretty much had enough.
“Refuse collectors, lollipop men and women, park attendants, skilled technicians all feel treated with contempt and taken for granted.”
She said the TUC’s October 18 demonstration gave workers “one big chance” to come together and force the government to give Britain a pay rise.
