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Choose organisation, not demoralisation, in the face of council cuts
Thanks to dynamic trade union and community campaigning, youth co-ordinators in Glasgow have won a temporary reprieve for the jobs – but the battle against the cuts is far from over, says SEAN O’NEILL
Trade unions, including UNISON, GMB, Unite and the EIS, protest against cuts in council jobs and services outside the City Chambers in George Square, Glasgow, February 14, 2024
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The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
RIGHT across Britain local authorities are on the brink of collapse, with public services crumbling and working people left to pick up the pieces.
Scotland’s largest local authority, Glasgow City Council, currently proposes to make more than £100 million in cuts to vital local services over the next three years.
The trade unions must be militant. Glasgow’s SNP administration, backed by its partners-in-crime, the Scottish Greens, are provoking an industrial response with this budget. They will not get away with the political decision to inflict yet more pain and misery on working-class communities, which must be built back up from passive recipients of cuts to the site of a rejuvenated anti-austerity movement.
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Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
The work done by Glasgow’s local campaigners and volunteers is truly inspiring, but it cannot stop at picking up the pieces of an irresponsible government, writes MAYA McGOWAN