UNISON Glasgow City Branch                        
4th Floor
18 Albion Street                  
GLASGOW
G1 1LH

0141 552 7069
enquiries@glasgowcityunison.co.uk

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Glasgow Council declares Budget Cuts…

Join the campaign to defend Jobs and Services!

 

Glasgow City Council and its Arms Length Organisations intend to make significant budget cuts over the next three years. The decision by politicians in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow to cut public services to pay for the bail out of the bankers is short sighted and a false economy. Maintaining the current levels of council spending would help the local economy during the recession by protecting jobs in the city. As unemployment rises and the social fallout of the recession grows the demands on council services will increase. The council is intending to cut services just as the demand for those very services increases.

 

The Council has just announced 600 job losses with more planned in the next few years. The Council has said that they want to cut the workforce by at least 10% over the next few years. The 2010 cuts include twelve community centres, a library and a swimming pool closing. Charges are to be made for school breakfast clubs and sports centres will have reduced opening times. Cuts will made in home care services and support to disabled people. Three of the city's 10 centres for people with learning disability will go under the heading of "service reform". Welfare rights workers will be lost and community worker jobs cut by 50%. Grants to community organisations are also to be slashed by 20% over the next three years.

 

The communities of Glasgow face a big reduction services. It is crucial that links are built between those who use these services and the workers who provide them. The local UNISON branch intends to play a strong role in assisting those communities who are willing to fight cuts in services and is calling on its 11,500 members and the people of Glasgow to lobby their City Councillors, MSPs and MPs as a first step in a Defend Glasgow's Services campaign.

The branch are also organising a public meeting for trades unionists, public sector workers, community groups & Citizens :

Saturday 23 January at 11am in the UNISON office, 4th Floor, 18 Albion St.

 

Add your voice to our campaign for a fairer society.

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Glasgow City is UNISON's largest local government branch in Scotland with over 12,000 members working in the public services.

Being a UNISON member gives you a huge range of benefits, including:

  • Unrivalled protection and representation at work
  • Help with pay and conditions of service Health and safety guidance and support
  • Confidential welfare services for you and your dependents in difficult times
  • Excellent legal services including free help with work problems and legal support for members and their families
  • Pensions advice
  • A special hotline, UNISONdirect, for help and advice on workplace issues
  • Online employment and workplace advice Education and training advice and courses, leading to vocational and professional qualifications
  • Cash benefits for accidents and injuries at work

With more than 1.3 million members working across the public services, being a member of UNISON means you have Britain's biggest trade union behind you.

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