Dear Colleague
For the past five years our branch has
been involved in a well documented mass privatisation fight with Barnet Council.
As a direct result of our carrying out our trade union duties the Council is
proposing to cut our facility time to zero as from 1 April 2014.
The reality is that our branch
officers are being forced out of the UNISON office and we are going to have to
try and represent, support and defend our members at a time where we have
on-going outsourcing to a number of private sector companies, the largest being
Capita. Our Council is embarked on a race to outsource the whole of the Council
in order it is can complete its desire to be 100% Commissioning Council.
I wish this was an April Fool’s joke
but it is not.
Over the next months we are going to
issue weekly updates to supporters as we prepare for the 1 April 2014.
We are not going
quietly.
This is the biggest fight our branch
has ever experienced and we are looking for support from fellow trade union
branches, members and public.
Today we
are asking you to do two things:
1. Sign our
petition https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-gagging-local-unions-in-barnet-council
and encourage everyone you know to sign it. If you have a Face book or Twitter
account please circulate this petition.
2. This is
a link http://youtu.be/o6I9kP6nCMg to an animation which explains the
mass outsourcing in Barnet. If you have a Face book or Twitter account please
circulate this animation.
Best
wishes
John
Burgess
Branch
Secretary.
Barnet
UNISON
