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Unions need to ramp up pressure to reject council cuts
The fight against Tory cuts needs a political as well as economic response - but politicians aren't listening. We need to make them listen, writes TOM MORRISON
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LOCAL government trade unions fighting against council budget cuts face a Groundhog Day scenario.
Once again across the negotiating table sit councillors who despite standing for election on an anti-austerity ticket, wring their hands saying they do not want to make these budget cuts, but they have no choice, their hands are tied by Holyrood or Westminster, therefore they have to implement a legally balanced budget and make these “savings.”
Sitting looking on is the senior council officers making sure they do just that.
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