THE review of public sector pensions must be transparent and an even partnership between the States and the unions, according to the regional head of Unite the Union.

GUERNSEY is lacking several fundamental elements of employment legislation, Unite the Union’s new area representative has said.

GUERNSEY can expect widespread industrial action if any changes to public sector pensions are not properly negotiated.

THOUSANDS of public sector employees will lose their local union representative when Ron Le Cras steps down from Unite next month.

A legal battle brought against a union official, who it was claimed was responsible for instigating firefighter action that closed the airport in May 2008, has been dropped.

UNIONS are angry that they were not consulted about spending cuts announced yesterday by Health and Social Services.

YET more flights could be cancelled as a two-year dispute about firefighters’ on-call pay rumbles on.

BRITAIN’S biggest union has totally misunderstood Guernsey’s position as a finance centre, according to the Guernsey International Business Association.

COMMENTS by this newspaper yesterday that the RPI-plus settlement for the States manual staff was not a good deal for the taxpayer may well also come to apply to the employees themselves.

REFERRING talks on public sector pay to an industrial tribunal will not resolve the matter in the longer term, it was claimed yesterday.