Union in mass protest against Wirral cuts (From Wirral Globe)

You will have the councils quivering in there boots

This Dave Prentis who warns us about "the thirst of the rich, the greed of the bankers...." - is this the same Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary who is currently serving as a non-executive Director of the Bank of England AND who resides in a £2 million pound gaff down in the prosperous south?

Northern UNISON members.... Google it please and see who's leading you all up the garden path....

Council leader Phil Davies pledged: "This administration is committed to avoiding compulsory redundancies as far as possible. We need well-motivated people to be a high-performing council."

Well said Phil. When we will finally have a high-performing council?

It looks like you lot and the senior officers who have failed us for so many years need to go first without the normal massive payoffs and great pensions.

Dave Prentis sounds like another labour liar standing up for the rights of the workers while living the high life at the expense of its members!

If this protest is about the cuts by government why protest outside the Wallasey town hall?

This council have not really got a clue about what to do and bumble from pillar to post looking what to do next.

The proposed savings from closing Day Centre's is £2m over 3 years.
The Councillors all receive a basic £9,000 allowance - which equates to £1.98m over 3 years.
A simple choice

As a council worker and union member I recognise that the struggle for decent terms and conditions for staff goes hand in hand with the struggle to save services. It's not one or the other.

I hope everyone that posts on this story will be down at the March tonight.
The Council are making bad decisions - when someone opposes bad decisions my instinct is to agree and support. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism, but lets hope everyone criticising the Council will be out there supporting the protest tonight. What Prentis is earning is a matter for debate, but that should not affect tonmight's protest

The Labour Councillors all moan that the Tories are making them do this. Well I was taught by my parents to stand up to bullies!

It time the Councillors took a stand and set a budget based on the community's needs rather than devestating the community.

Wwe cannot afford these cuts!

Pity they didn' t make such a fuss when various whistleblowers stepped forward. Not a bloody peep from Unison then. Colour me unsympathetic.

This march on the town hall, will achieve very little, all the major decisions have already probably been made, with the sites of the day centres being sold for development into houses, and other cuts will slide through.
All of us could probably think of descent cuts to save money,like scrapping a lot of traffic lights, free parking after 3pm like a lot of other towns have, to bring shoppers in, and a reduction in parking attendants in car parks and more on the strreet, enforcing the parking rules, and raising money.
Enforcement of dog fouling,again self funding, if done right,closure of a lot of council ofices, and one big office in an old school etc.
Switch off all non security lights at night, on public buildings.
Have a cull of traffic signs and sell them for scrap,and lots more minor cuts, but as TESCO SAYS EVERY LITTLE HELPS

Octoberman wrote:
The proposed savings from closing Day Centre's is £2m over 3 years.
The Councillors all receive a basic £9,000 allowance - which equates to £1.98m over 3 years.
A simple choice

As a council worker and union member I recognise that the struggle for decent terms and conditions for staff goes hand in hand with the struggle to save services. It's not one or the other.

I hope everyone that posts on this story will be down at the March tonight.
The Council are making bad decisions - when someone opposes bad decisions my instinct is to agree and support. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism, but lets hope everyone criticising the Council will be out there supporting the protest tonight. What Prentis is earning is a matter for debate, but that should not affect tonmight's protest

The Labour Councillors all moan that the Tories are making them do this. Well I was taught by my parents to stand up to bullies!

It time the Councillors took a stand and set a budget based on the community's needs rather than devestating the community.

Wwe cannot afford these cuts!

The current leaders of the council. Councillors and Senior officers have been bullies for years. No matter what is said to them they ignore it and do what they want. It is the Labour councillors who have wasted too much money for years. I don't think that many of them only take a basic allowance.
Unions and the Labour party are all working together on this. The leaders of both have been taking the most out of the system for years. More fool you if you think they do this for you. It is all for themselves.

WirralAl wrote:

Octoberman wrote:
The proposed savings from closing Day Centre's is £2m over 3 years.
The Councillors all receive a basic £9,000 allowance - which equates to £1.98m over 3 years.
A simple choice

As a council worker and union member I recognise that the struggle for decent terms and conditions for staff goes hand in hand with the struggle to save services. It's not one or the other.

I hope everyone that posts on this story will be down at the March tonight.
The Council are making bad decisions - when someone opposes bad decisions my instinct is to agree and support. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism, but lets hope everyone criticising the Council will be out there supporting the protest tonight. What Prentis is earning is a matter for debate, but that should not affect tonmight's protest

The Labour Councillors all moan that the Tories are making them do this. Well I was taught by my parents to stand up to bullies!

It time the Councillors took a stand and set a budget based on the community's needs rather than devestating the community.

Wwe cannot afford these cuts!

The current leaders of the council. Councillors and Senior officers have been bullies for years. No matter what is said to them they ignore it and do what they want. It is the Labour councillors who have wasted too much money for years. I don't think that many of them only take a basic allowance.
Unions and the Labour party are all working together on this. The leaders of both have been taking the most out of the system for years. More fool you if you think they do this for you. It is all for themselves.

I'm neither a fool nor naive

I will seek to hold to account those who fall short - Councillors and union 'leaders' - but in the mean time I'm not going to sit on my hands

I will be protesting tonight and in the future against these cuts - to the workforce and the community

I know hundred's of other trade union members and people who rely on services will be there as well

Will you???

Stop having a go at people who are fighting these cuts - and join us (f you want things to improve)

Octoberman wrote:
The proposed savings from closing Day Centre's is £2m over 3 years.
The Councillors all receive a basic £9,000 allowance - which equates to £1.98m over 3 years.
A simple choice

As a council worker and union member I recognise that the struggle for decent terms and conditions for staff goes hand in hand with the struggle to save services. It's not one or the other.

I hope everyone that posts on this story will be down at the March tonight.
The Council are making bad decisions - when someone opposes bad decisions my instinct is to agree and support. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism, but lets hope everyone criticising the Council will be out there supporting the protest tonight. What Prentis is earning is a matter for debate, but that should not affect tonmight's protest

The Labour Councillors all moan that the Tories are making them do this. Well I was taught by my parents to stand up to bullies!

It time the Councillors took a stand and set a budget based on the community's needs rather than devestating the community.

Wwe cannot afford these cuts!

Fine WORDS about 'standing up to bullies'. But I imagine your parents might be feeling a bit concerned if they read them.

So let's talk about ACTIONS.

If your instinct is to oppose and support action against bad decisions, tell me what you were doing when other whistleblowing colleagues of yours were doing the right thing, and telling the wider world about the disabled abuse, bullying, denials, sham investigations, 4 week delay on care, contract impropriety, etc. etc. etc. that your councillor and senior officer colleagues were indulging in.

WHERE was UNISON - they dropped Martin Morton from a great height - because supporting him became difficult - and would almost certainly have exposed THEM fpr what they are 'deep in the pockets of the bosses'.

Did you only climb above the parapet when you saw a threat to your OWN security? A threat to the standard of living you've become accustomed to? Or have you been in the background, agitating and doing things 'under cover'? That might explain it. We'd like to know.

We don't want to think that you've been standing on the sidelines watching, as learning disabled people were discriminated against, attacked, crushed, having their bank accounts plundered of £700,000 plus.

Because a situation like that is criminal, and needs to be shouted from the rooftops, council employee or not.

Looking the other way, staying mute and 'crossing to the other side of the road' is not acceptable.

I hope your involvement in all future protest is not so selective and wrapped up in double standards.

PaulCa wrote:

Octoberman wrote:
The proposed savings from closing Day Centre's is £2m over 3 years.
The Councillors all receive a basic £9,000 allowance - which equates to £1.98m over 3 years.
A simple choice

As a council worker and union member I recognise that the struggle for decent terms and conditions for staff goes hand in hand with the struggle to save services. It's not one or the other.

I hope everyone that posts on this story will be down at the March tonight.
The Council are making bad decisions - when someone opposes bad decisions my instinct is to agree and support. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism, but lets hope everyone criticising the Council will be out there supporting the protest tonight. What Prentis is earning is a matter for debate, but that should not affect tonmight's protest

The Labour Councillors all moan that the Tories are making them do this. Well I was taught by my parents to stand up to bullies!

It time the Councillors took a stand and set a budget based on the community's needs rather than devestating the community.

Wwe cannot afford these cuts!

Fine WORDS about 'standing up to bullies'. But I imagine your parents might be feeling a bit concerned if they read them.

So let's talk about ACTIONS.

If your instinct is to oppose and support action against bad decisions, tell me what you were doing when other whistleblowing colleagues of yours were doing the right thing, and telling the wider world about the disabled abuse, bullying, denials, sham investigations, 4 week delay on care, contract impropriety, etc. etc. etc. that your councillor and senior officer colleagues were indulging in.

WHERE was UNISON - they dropped Martin Morton from a great height - because supporting him became difficult - and would almost certainly have exposed THEM fpr what they are 'deep in the pockets of the bosses'.

Did you only climb above the parapet when you saw a threat to your OWN security? A threat to the standard of living you've become accustomed to? Or have you been in the background, agitating and doing things 'under cover'? That might explain it. We'd like to know.

We don't want to think that you've been standing on the sidelines watching, as learning disabled people were discriminated against, attacked, crushed, having their bank accounts plundered of £700,000 plus.

Because a situation like that is criminal, and needs to be shouted from the rooftops, council employee or not.

Looking the other way, staying mute and 'crossing to the other side of the road' is not acceptable.

I hope your involvement in all future protest is not so selective and wrapped up in double standards.

What a sanctimonious comment.

I guess we can all sit in a pure ivory tower and cast stones at others.

I'd rather not though

By the way did you stand for any union positions when you worked at a council.??

Anyway I can't sit at my computer all day - I've a protest to go to!

Fact is there's a good number of overpaid workers earning po grades but doing little skilled jobs. Frontline should be protected and cuts start at that level. Everyone should be job evaluated.

There should be a good story in the Globe tomorrow

All the prats out there who voted for a Politic Party in Local Elections deserve all they get.

There is no way a Political Party Representative should be supported by the rate payers.

I anyone wants to stand on a Party Political platform they should be supported by the paid up members of that Party.

Next time learn the lesson "Pick a New Face" any face that pledges to work exclusively for and on behalf of the electorate, then and only then can the ratepayers support that candidate.

And above all considerations do not vote for Labour Party Clown, nor a Conservative do nothing lackey, and certainly never for a Liberal/Democrat, turncoat parasite.

Vote for an Individual who will listen to you, and act accordingly, on your behalf and for your interests and well being, after all you are paying the bill not a Local Politician.

Did you know 95% of the population do not belong to any Political Party and just want to get on with life.

there is no way you will get any change of council in wirral /wallasey ,stick in the mud ,no way will it change too many on back/handers and far too many dont care .FACT .

Hmm - have the chief exec and the "super" (I wait to see what is "super about them other than their salaries) directors been sent letters telling them that jobs are at risk? No, I thought not. Personally, I still think that councillors' expenses and senior officers salaries should be reduced and put towards keeping day centres open. But what do I know I'm only a lowly tax payer!

Ordinarypersonn,
But what do you know not much by
the sounds of it