The Labour Government's squeeze meets on 9 June.
With members in local government, health, education, gas and electricity all under attack, it is now Crucial for the union to develop an overall strategy for fighting the cut-backs-to defend both the jobs of its members and the many social aspects of the whole working class.
having rejected tne latest oner made by the employers on the claim for £10 a week more plus 15 per cent across the board, NALGO is faced with a hard struggle to defend its members living standards. Already massive attacks on the claim have been launched in the press, linked to the cutbacks that the Treasury and the employers are demanding in the social services.
The Economist magazine, pointing out that 85 per cent of local authority spending is labour costs. has called tor widespread reaundancies and me niving
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on the social services will be the key question facing the annual confer- ence of the National and Local Gov- ernment Officers Association which