Unite's reaction to job cuts at Birmingham city council
10th February 2010
Responding to the news that Birmingham city council is planning
to cut 2,000 jobs over the next year, Unite regional officer Lynne
Shakespeare said: "These job cuts are a major blow to
staff and to the people of Birmingham, they are rightly very
angry. Unite is in ongoing discussions with the council's
divisions over the proposed cuts and we are monitoring
the situation very closely. We will fiercely resist any attempts to
make compulsory redundancies."
Birmingham city council is led by a Conservative/Liberal
Democrat coalition and employs around 50,000 people. Unite the
union represents 1,500 workers at the council; the majority work in
the highways, street lighting, fleet and waste management
divisions.
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