This Thursday 23 August thousands of Unison members in Edinburgh Council will go on a days strike against the proposed budgets cuts. Management, having overspent their budget by £10 million, want to make staff pay for their mistakes. In particular there is a refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies.

Our Unison branch has had a policy of balloting for strike action when faced with compulsory redundancies and this has successfully prevented compulsory redundancies for many years (decades in fact).

Striking members will assemble at 9.15 am at the City Chambers on the High Street to lobby the full council meeting due to take place.

The one day strike is the start of a programme of action. And union members in Edinburgh Council take heed and heart from the victorious strike of social workers in Glasgow Council. The success of their action has led to a debate whether to adopt the successful tactic of indefinite strike action here.