The PFEW plan to poll members on industrial rights has \u201cmomentum\u201d and South Yorkshire Police Federation is heavily involved in the preparations.<\/p>\n
Members of the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW)\u2019s National Council are united in their wish to ballot the membership on industrial rights as soon as possible. The decision follows years of ignored requests to the Government for fairer pay and conditions, and PFEW is working with a leading senior counsel (KC) on their approach.<\/p>\n
Steve said: \u201cI\u2019m really happy to be part of the national group for the industrial rights vote, and for our regional representative, along with Craig Nicholls, to be the regional spokesperson on this.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to work out now is a piece of work that informs officers about what industrial rights and collective bargaining could actually mean if we\u2019re successful.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to do that in as balanced a way as possible. The criticism we had last time we sought industrial rights in the early 2010s, was that it was almost set up to fail and it was done from a negative angle.<\/p>\n
This time, it can\u2019t be the other way, it can\u2019t be trying to pressgang people into doing one thing or the other, but it needs to be really informative and it needs to be easy for officers to understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve said that he was passionate about the issue, which he has been pressing for for some time.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI\u2019m pleased that momentum is continuing. The engines are going on it, and I\u2019ll continue to push that on behalf of our members, because it\u2019s something that myself and a lot of our officers are very passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n