City Council cuts will damage your community services
Bill | 06.03.2009 22:18 | Workers' Movements
CITY COUNCIL CUTS WILL DAMAGE YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES
Join our protest on Monday, 9 March, 1-2 pm, Old Market Square.
Join our protest on Monday, 9 March, 1-2 pm, Old Market Square.
CITY COUNCIL CUTS WILL DAMAGE YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES
Adult day centres, home-care workers, libraries, social workers working with vulnerable adults, cleaners, youth workers, a children’s home ….. all these jobs and services and many more are at risk if Nottingham City Council gets its way.
Despite pledges from councillors that frontline services would be unaffected, and that the public would not suffer, it is clear now that there are massive cuts in front-line services as well as cuts in “backroom” staff who support front-line workers.
The Council said it didn’t want its budget problems to affect the public so chose cuts in services instead of higher council tax rises. UNISON is opposed to higher than inflation council tax rises. However, these deep cuts totalling £20 million WILL affect services we provide to the public.
UNISON is campaigning hard to get the Council to withdraw its plans, and we need your help!
The City Council squanders £15 million on private consultants and spends £½ million paying off its last 3 chief executives yet cannot afford to keep these services running. Meanwhile the Government bails out the banks to the tune of £600 billion yet will not step in to stop these cuts.
You can help by:
Protesting to your local councillors (details from UNISON if needed).
Sign our petition – available from UNISON office and on-line at
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nottinghamcityunisoncampaign/.
Protest to your local MP.
Join our protest on Monday, 9 March, 1-2 pm, Old Market Square.
Adult day centres, home-care workers, libraries, social workers working with vulnerable adults, cleaners, youth workers, a children’s home ….. all these jobs and services and many more are at risk if Nottingham City Council gets its way.
Despite pledges from councillors that frontline services would be unaffected, and that the public would not suffer, it is clear now that there are massive cuts in front-line services as well as cuts in “backroom” staff who support front-line workers.
The Council said it didn’t want its budget problems to affect the public so chose cuts in services instead of higher council tax rises. UNISON is opposed to higher than inflation council tax rises. However, these deep cuts totalling £20 million WILL affect services we provide to the public.
UNISON is campaigning hard to get the Council to withdraw its plans, and we need your help!
The City Council squanders £15 million on private consultants and spends £½ million paying off its last 3 chief executives yet cannot afford to keep these services running. Meanwhile the Government bails out the banks to the tune of £600 billion yet will not step in to stop these cuts.
You can help by:
Protesting to your local councillors (details from UNISON if needed).
Sign our petition – available from UNISON office and on-line at
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nottinghamcityunisoncampaign/. Protest to your local MP.
Join our protest on Monday, 9 March, 1-2 pm, Old Market Square.
Bill