Are we ready for a fight?

We are all waiting for the employer to issue news on how they intend to implement the cuts so no one is in any doubt as to whether there will be reductions in jobs and services and instead it is all a matter of when, how and by how much.

So the question, following from that, is what it is that can be done to deal with this imminent attack and how ready are we to get members on board and ready to resist. The only thing that is clear is that we all agree we have to fight back so the debate is about how competent we are in deciding when and where.

I have of course 22 years experience of organising action and so do other people in my branch. The one thing I am not prepared to do is to start the debate by saying why it is that we can't deliver so I will want to concentrate my effort on declaring that we can achieve our aims if we were clever on the ground and were able to understand and assess our strengths and weaknesses. Identifying where our strongholds are must be the first task and redeploying our resources where these are needed would also help. We should also be looking at coordinating any action and ensuring that whenever we act we do so within a national context because any national effort would yield more results, localised action is rarely productive.

So there will be those reading this blog thinking that I am advocating revolution or strike action. I want to make it clear that I am not doing that but talking instead about the mechanics of how that can be delivered if we were forced to be in that situation. Most important thing is for us to remain strong and united.