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Hiving off jobless

Socialist Outlook no. 32, March 2000 · 308 words

UNION activists in North One of the most sinister west England are building a developments is the privatisa. privatisation. through Employment Zones.

They are calling attention to Services to drive them into the conunuing push to neve work will be run by private off segments of the public companies paid by results, lobless workers will the 'Labour' government. be bullied for profit and the Threats include the transfer attainment of targets under of council services, the search for a vehicle to get rid of Speaking at a meeting in more council houses. Liverpool to launch a camFinance Initiative to build new union rep from PCS pointed hospitals, Education Action out that the companies would to replace failing' Education with unemployed people who Authorities with contractors would most easily find jobs The Blairistas are also strug. not those who have the gling to dispose of air traffic greatest difficulty.

An ongoing campaign against the zones was agreed at the meeting, attended by tives of several public sector union branches and Liverpool The trades council is also for broader anti-privatisation work. To pool knowledge and West conference has been called. This will be held in Manchester on June 3 2000.

For more detais contact im Dye (Liverpool TUC) c/o UNISON, 4th Floor Produce Exchange, 8 Victoria Street, Liverpool L2 acute beds, 7,000 home heds and 15.000 mlaces in residential homes. This option would also need an extra boov urs, a possibic doubling of home help serVICES increase in district nursing.

"Acute bed focused care".

Smee suggests would need a 25% increase in with 7,000 home places and 15,000 residential The report does not explain why this variant would need overall: it would require a 50% increase in home help trict nursing, and 4,000 extra GPs.

Alternatively, the scheme most likely tickle lancy of Alan Milburn is the

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