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It would probably be of more interest and clout if it wasn't made by a union, term glass houses spring to mind.
However, having chased up a couple of friends who work for SCC, one of whom is in the union, they seemed baffled by the whole thing and accusation. The lad in the union has received no communication from the union and knows about the issue due to scc updates to staff.
The staff have apparently had their first cost of living rise in a few years, all agreed and signed off by unions and back dated to April.
The SCC chief has emailed all staff, baffled by these union allegations which seem to be attributed by an independent investigation about process of procurement, not fraud. The investigation is historic and not new news apparently.
My friends were confused and didn't understand it, so I have not got a clue what its all about. It would be interesting to hear and understandable explanation what this is about.
This post is confusing. The cost of living wage increase is completely irrelevant here, the fact that it is historic is irrelevant if it happened as often facts don't come to light til later. The letter is signed by the regional secretary, so the union are obviously fully aware. Would they need to inform the staff that aren't already aware about what they are doing? They aren't asking for any member action, they aren't asking for a ballot of any kind, they are just curios as to why several million pounds of public money has gone walkies in a time when we can't even afford to run the front desk at the police station.
If we have council members doing dodgy deals then lock them up, I have no issue with that. This just looks like the initial fact finding stage before deciding on a course of action, if they haven't acted illegally then they can answer truthfully and there is no problem. The paper trail exists, they have all the evidence they need, their only issue is does it exonerate or incriminate?