Jane Pilgrim

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Jane Pilgrim is an English full-time trade union organiser working in the National Health Service for UNISON.[ citation needed ] She came to public attention in 2011 after criticising the government's health policies. [1]

Full-time taxpayer-funded trade union officials have become known as "Pilgrims", [2] with an Early Day Motion being introduced to the House of Commons condemning such practices. [3] David Morris MP has raised the issue with the Health Secretary, while Alok Sharma MP asked a question of the Prime Minister. David Cameron responded that "It's nice work if you can get it!" [4] Sharma has also sent Freedom of Information requests to all local councils to uncover how many "Pilgrims" are employed in local government, with the replies indicating at least £35m a year being spent, [5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Randhawa, Kiran (11 April 2011). "Nurse who called Health Minister Andrew Lansley a liar is £40,000-a-year full-time union official". Evening Standard . Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Unions must fund their own staff". The Sunday Telegraph . 9 October 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Early day motion 1799 - Trade union officials paid for from the public purse". Hansard . Parliament . Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Sharma, Alok (26 January 2011). "Sharma highlights local use of taxpayers' money to fund full-time union posts". Sharma, Alok. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Sharma, Alok (28 April 2011). "Alok Sharma MP: How Council Tax payers have funded £35 million of Trade Union salaries over the past three years". ConservativeHome . Retrieved 15 May 2011.

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