An interview with Dan Jeffery, Assistant Branch Secretary of Lambeth UNISON, originally printed in the Solidarity newspaper. Dan was speaking in a personal capacity.
How did Lambeth Save Our Services begin, and how has it developed?
Save Our Services initially came out of Lambeth UNISON, GMB, NUT and UCU thinking there needed to be an anti-cuts campaign in the face of the huge cuts from both the Tory/Lib Dem government and the local Labour council. We then got various community groups and activists to come on board, produced 10,000 newsletters for the Lambeth Country Show and have organised several anti-cuts demos and lobbies. This resulted in saving over 50 jobs and stopping union-busting in the One O’Clock clubs and Adventure Playgrounds. We are now trying to stop the housing ALMO, Lambeth Living, cutting up to a fifth of its staff, including all the caretakers and much of the front-line services.
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
What it would mean for Labour councils to defy cuts
In many areas Labour councillors say they will "fight the cuts" - but also implement them!
They say they have no choice. In fact they can and should use their council positions as platforms to mobilise to defy the cuts.
They say they have no choice. In fact they can and should use their council positions as platforms to mobilise to defy the cuts.
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