Protest city council care charges
December 21, 2010 12:30
Old Market Square, Nottingham
The local CWU (Communication Workers Union) have finally decided the only way to get Anna Soubry MP to listen to them is to actually go down there and present her with a giant postcard. (Beestonia's Blog)
On Thursday October 21st, Notts County Unison organised a demonstration at County Hall, West Bridgford against the cuts advocated by the Tory-led authority. Coming the day after the Coalition Government's "Comprehensive Spending Review," the event attracted around 500 people, a mixture of council workers, service users, campaigners and local residents.
Unison are vocal in their condemnation of the cuts announced yesterday by Tory-run Nottinghamshire County Council. What they're rather less clear on is what (if anything) they're proposing to do about it. Dave Prentis states, quite correctly, "People must campaign against these cuts," but there's no mention of industrial action, let alone strikes.