Reward our Covid-19 frontline workers properly
Saddleworth West and Lees Liberal Democrat Councillor Sam Al-Hamdani backs a Liberal Democrat idea to support frontline Covid-19 workers in Oldham Borough. At the next full meeting of Oldham Council (15 July), he will propose an amendment to a Labour motion on care workers. The Liberal Democrats in Oldham believe the administration motion does not go far enough. They want to reward frontline Covid-19 workers for their bravery and professionally. Not just financially, but also with the award of a pandemic service medal from the Government. Councillor Al-Hamdani says: “These workers should receive an additional payment for every working day they have spent on the front-line of this crisis. The Liberal Democrats would pay these workers an extra £29 per day. It would be backdated to the start of the…