UNISON is warning Coalition MPs that supporting regional pay in the public sector could cost them their seat at the next election. The union is targeting MPs in England and Wales whose majority is so small it could be wiped out by a voting backlash from public sector workers.
The union is urging the MPs to put pressure on the Government to ditch the idea of local pay bargaining and to vote against any proposals that may arise in the Commons.
The union is highlighting the inherent unfairness of localised pay, which it believes is simply being used by Government as a way of driving down public sector wages further.
The union is arguing that introducing local pay will increase staff turnover lead to burgeoning bureaucracy and increased costs, hit local economies and families as well as leading to key staff shortages.
UNISON Chief, Dave Prentis, said: