Special Branch Committee
6 September 2010
Organising to Meet the Challenge
The Branch Committee (made up of branch officers,
stewards elected from stewards committees and self
organised group reps) had a special meeting on 6 September
2010 to organise responses to the hug cuts facing
public services, privatisation and loss of jobs and
conditions.
The key was to be 'organising', recognising that
any campaign had to fully involve members and stewards.
But first, it was important to show there was better
way than cuts to address the country's financial situation.
Key messages:
Stewards needed information to bust the myths that
there is no alternative to the cuts.
UNISON and the STUC have done great work in showing
that the cuts are ideologically based, not financially
based, that the country's deficit is overstated and
that building public services is the best way to build
out of the recession for both the public and private
sectors.
A key part of the campaign will be to highlight just
how important and valued public service are.
Links to the documents forming a pack for Branch
Committee reps are on the right.
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Presentation
on alternatives to cuts and ideas for organisation(pps)
