Delegates at the union's local government group conference in Bournemouth passed a resolution calling for the agreement to be renegotiated - a move welcomed by the National Union of Teachers (NUT), which said both unions could now make 'common cause (to) achieve common objectives'.
The Unison resolution said the Government had made it impossible to implement the agreement by imposing 'standstill' budgets. It added, 'Unison's response to this dishonesty must be to acknowledge that remodelling has been a failure.'
The vote surprised Unison officials as it coincided with publication of a union survey that indicated a 'marked improvement' in the role of support staff.
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