UNISON in the press

Tuesday 14 September

Dave Prentis and UNISON public sector workers stage protest at the TUC – The Mail online

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1311653/Labour-right-Harriet-Harman-tells-strike-hungry-union-chiefs.html

The Evening Standard

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23877409-union-chiefs-spurn-olive-branch-from-demolition-government.do

The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unions-prepare-for-battle-over-spending-cuts-2077997.html

The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/13/tuc-conference-unions-strike-threat

The Mirror

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/09/14/brutish-empire-115875-22559696/

The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7999307/TUC-unions-warn-of-strikes-over-reckless-cuts.html

The Metro

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/840760-joint-strike-threat-as-obscene-cuts-are-attacked

Daily Star

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/153717/TUC-threaten-all-out-strikes-in-response-to-Lib-Con-cuts/

Monday 13 September

UNISON and TUC reports reveals that the poorest households will be hit hardest by the coalition’s cuts:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/09/13/unlucky-13-115875-22557414/

Report available here: http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/wherethemoneygoes.pdf

As analysis shows that 45,000 jobs could go as a result of the cuts, UNISON warns that back office job losses will hit front line services, and that serious shortage already exist in social work and social care.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/town-halls-to-axe-45000-jobs-in-spending-squeeze-2076412.html

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