UNISON United left meetings @ unison conference 2010
Conference 2010 fringe meetings
All UUL meetings are at the
Bournemouth Central Premier Inn
Saturday 13th June LG planning meeting 8pm
Monday 14th June NDC planning meeting 7.30pm (refreshments provided at both the above)
Rally followed by Love Music Hate Racism social
(Tickets £5 buy early!)
Rally 7pm – 9 pm
Speakers
John McDonnell MP
Weyman Bennett Unite Against Fascism
Paul Holmes UUL General Sec candidate
& a BA Worker
Followed by social
9.30 – 1am with LMHR DJ Lee Billingham
Free glass of wine for those who have been at rally first.
For more information email marshajanethompson@yahoo.co.uk
2 comments:
Tuesday the 15th?
Public Finance article or why we didnt back HW for GenSec
Unison members might be willing to accept some redundancies in return for less outsourcing and more say over public service reform, according to the union’s head of local government.
Heather Wakefield admitted that her comments might be seen as ‘heresy’ at Unison’s local government conference, set to take place this weekend in Bournemouth.
Speaking this morning at the CIPFA conference in Harrogate, Wakefield told delegates that in-house staff should sit on a par with managers when discussing reforms, as their skills and experience will be valuable as the public sector adapts to reduced resources.
She said such a dialogue could bring about reform without alienating workers, ‘without outsourcing and bringing in so-called outside experience and knowledge – which is often significantly poorer’.
Wakefield said: ‘I want sustainable in-house solutions and I believe that as a trade union we can engage in real discussions at a local level about that as a quid pro quo for redundancies and rationalisation.’
Later in the same session, on rethinking public services, Wakefield said that while each job cut would be a personal tragedy and would hit the state with new welfare costs, she had ‘no doubt that jobs can go’.
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