22nd February 2010, 11:24 AM
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A more practical suggestion would be to 'target' the IFA Annual General Meeting (AGM) in September 2010 with a 'Resolution for Change' and to spend the next 7 months preparing the ground for the passing of a positive resolution.
We also need a Council specifically working to a mandate to introduce the changes. Perhaps preparations should include setting out a timetable for delivering a fixed programme of mainima increases but also organising a slate of candidates for election who are commited to passing the necessary Council resolutions. There are democratic means to ensure change, but it requires a limited degre of active participation. If individuals want change, then they are going to have to engage by joining IfA, participating in debate and, crucially, voting.
Obviously IfA salary minima can only be enforced by the IfA through the RO scheme, but similar democratic means of enforcing change can be secured through union or other forms of collective direct action on the part of employees. I would have thought that organisations who do not endorse the salary minima agreed by the professional body are very vulnerable to legitimate industrial action.
The wider workforce must take the initiative on this issue, as it must now be obvious as there is no professional leadership willing or able to deliver and the status quo suits many influential vested interests.
David has issued the call and offers an effective means of communication. The Diggers Forum/ Prospect/Unison can further assist in organising what is a simple course of democratic action that would break the inertia. Time to get on with it....