Lambeth Activists newsletter: summer 2010

Lambeth Activists is a group of Unison activists who have played a key role in building the union in recent years, and getting fighting policies passed through the Lambeth branch. This is their newsletter for this summer. Download as a PDF here

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Lambeth Activists Newsletter
Summer 2010

INSIDE:
GAZA – BREAK THE SIEGE!
THE TRUTH ABOUT TEMPS
NO TO EDUCATION CUTS
STAFF CONFERENCES – GOOD VALUE?
LETTERS

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Lambeth council workers prepare for strikes

Council workers are ramping up the action to stop cuts to jobs and services. Jeremy Drinkall, a Lambeth Unison shop steward reports

• Unison branch meeting largest for a decade
• Indicative ballot for strikes called
• Branch unanimously calls for general strike

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Lambeth fights cuts

The Con-Dem cuts coalition was quick off the mark to announce big reductions in council services: £537 million from grants to local authorities, £311 million from funding for schools, £309 million from transport budgets. If you want to see how this billion pound bomb could impact on your town, take a look at Lambeth in south London.

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