Public Meeting 7th February
Paul Moorhouse | 02.02.2011 08:22
Public Meeting: Mon 7th Feb.
Speakers:
• Chris Cuthbert: PCS Union, Lodge House, JobCentre Plus,
• Matt Holinshead: UWE Student Occupation against cuts and fees,
• Roger Davey: Unison Health Group Executive (personal capacity).
7:30 PM, Crosskeys Pub, 627 Fishponds Road. BS16 3BA
Communities in East Bristol and across the country face a devastating attack on our public services, Bristol City Council are planning £30 million in cuts to services -- Unison estimate this means 1,000 jobs being lost. These are not the jobs of highly paid unaccountable bureaucrats but of home care assistants, teachers, refuse collectors and caretakers – people who make our communities tick and care for the most vulnerable in society. The fight back has started. 100,000’s of students marched and occupied against fees and cuts before Christmas. Civil servants in the benefits call centres at Lodge House and elsewhere were on strike on 20th and 21st January and their union voted overwhelmingly (96%) to back a campaign against all cuts. There are important demonstrations in Bristol and London in the next few weeks. If you are one of the millions who depend on public services, not a millionaire who benefits from cuts you should be there too.
Speakers:
• Chris Cuthbert: PCS Union, Lodge House, JobCentre Plus,
• Matt Holinshead: UWE Student Occupation against cuts and fees,
• Roger Davey: Unison Health Group Executive (personal capacity).
7:30 PM, Crosskeys Pub, 627 Fishponds Road. BS16 3BA
Communities in East Bristol and across the country face a devastating attack on our public services, Bristol City Council are planning £30 million in cuts to services -- Unison estimate this means 1,000 jobs being lost. These are not the jobs of highly paid unaccountable bureaucrats but of home care assistants, teachers, refuse collectors and caretakers – people who make our communities tick and care for the most vulnerable in society. The fight back has started. 100,000’s of students marched and occupied against fees and cuts before Christmas. Civil servants in the benefits call centres at Lodge House and elsewhere were on strike on 20th and 21st January and their union voted overwhelmingly (96%) to back a campaign against all cuts. There are important demonstrations in Bristol and London in the next few weeks. If you are one of the millions who depend on public services, not a millionaire who benefits from cuts you should be there too.
Paul Moorhouse
Original article on IMC Bristol:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/703156