Tuesday, 16 November 2010
UNISON, through its Million Voices campaign, and the TUC have been campaigning hard to make the case for valuable public services, protecting the most vulnerable, tax raising alternatives to cuts (such as the Robin Hood Tax) and the risk of a double dip recession.
Many members are concerned too about Coalition plans to not only cut services but also to bring the free market in to English public services, such as for example the proposals in the Health white paper for breaking up Primary Care Trusts in to small GP commissioning units and the expansion of Academy and Free Schools.
UNISON members are triple stakeholders as public service workers, taxpayers and users of public services. We need you to write to your MP , express your opposition to the destruction of public services and ask for their support!
a model letter can be downloaded at
http://www.scribd.com/doc/42776097/Mps-letter-1
Lack of protection for pensions, pay and conditions when outsourcing takes place is a critical issue for thousands and thousands of Unison members and public servants everywhere. Heather Wakefield head of UNISON Local Government expresses fears that the Government will seek to reduce protection even further
Heather's Public Finance blog
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
LOBBY OF CABINET MEETING - NOW BUILD FOR LOBBY OF FULL COUNCIL
ON WEDNESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER
for full report on Council cuts plans goto www.wolvestuc.org.uk