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Strikes can win

fair pay at DSG
T

he move to escalate to 4 days

of strikes across DSG is the
right move. It builds on the
fantastic strikes during October.
The action was a powerful start
to our campaign for decent pay.
There were strong picket lines
and protests at sites and we made
a big splash in the media, from
the BBC to the bosses paper the
Financial Times.
The fact that everyone (the
Financial Times included) knows
DSG is sitting on 67 million
means that our case for a fair pay
deal is supported by the facts.
Clearly the money is there to pay
us 8 percent.

Spanner

And we know that our strike

action is throwing a spanner in
the works of a smooth transition
to privatisation.
The last thing anyone up top
wanted was to see DSG hit the
press with stories of growing
union membership and solid
strikes by the workforce.
The strikes and Unite members
are piling the pressure on. The 4
days of action will continue to
turn the screw.
Were showing that we are not
just out to make a token protest
over our pay claim. We are in this

threatened 10 days more. The

result was that they beat back all
of their managements attacks.
They won everything! Action gets
results.
Every worker in Britain has
been under the cosh since the
economic crisis started in 2008.

Squeeze

fight to win it.

Thats important because in
recent weeks weve seen extended
action can get results.
Over 600 Unite members at
St Mungos Broadway housing
charity recently struck for 7
days against attacks on their
conditions.
After a solid 7 day strike they

We face the biggest squeeze on

our living standards since the
1850s. Its time to turn things
around. That means fighting back.
If we win this fight then
whoever takes over DSG will
know that they face a workforce
that is prepared to back each
other up, a workforce that wont
be pushed around.
Thats why this is a fight we
have to win both to achieve a
fair pay deal, and to prepare for
battles to come.

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