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Statement of support for Shelter workers from George Galloway MP |
Dear sisters and brothers,
I have long felt proud to be support the work you do in Shelter, which has done so much to highlight the national scandal of homelessness and overcrowding.
Both those issues blight the lives of large numbers of my constituents in East London. They need Shelter to be a strong, campaigning organisation – that requires a staff which is properly and fairly rewarded, well motivated and respected.
Ken Loach – a fellow leading figure in the Respect party – has already spoken out powerfully in your support, on Radio 4 and elsewhere, and I have no hesitation in joining him.
It is almost beyond belief that you are being forced to sign new, inferior contracts. These are the kinds of neo-liberal measures which on a social scale contribute to the housing crisis Shelter does so much to address.
I know you have not taken the decision to take strike action in defence of your pay and conditions lightly. But you have done so overwhelmingly. I have had over 30 years membership and association with the TGWU – now part of Unite – and I know it has always acted not only for its members but for the wider social good.
As a longstanding friend and supporter of Shelter, I would appeal to the management to meet with your union representatives, withdraw these attacks on your conditions and pay, and together with you seek to win the funding that the charity deserves to do its vital work.
In solidarity,
George Galloway
Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow
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