Demo against privatisation of Edinburgh Council Services (with possible occupation) At Council meeting this Thursday 27th, demo from 8.30 am onwards, meeting starts 10 am At Council Chambers, High St. Environmental Services, including refuse collection and street cleansing, plus other services face privatisation. This would mean redundancies, attacks on wages and conditions plus worse services. Demo…Read moreRead more
Privatisation
Edinburgh Demo Against Privatisation of Services
June 30th – Generalising the Resistance
Unemployed and Job Centre workers came together on 30th June in Edinburgh as part of the Britain-wide strike against pension cutbacks. Members of Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty joined the picket line at High Riggs Job Centre by Tollcross with placards reading UNEMPLOYED SUPPORT JOB CENTRE WORKERS. The workers were very pleased with the support, and discussions…Read moreRead more
Shocking surprise – ATOS profits don’t drip down to their staff!
We’re seeing more and more civil service jobs being farmed out to private companies whose staff get less training, pay, and pensions while being offered poorer working conditions than the public sector. According the Atos Origin annual report for 2009 the company raked in revenue worth €5,127 Billion. This includes ‘solid growth’ across their public sector contracts…Read moreRead more