Well it feels like that. It feels like large number of troops are gathering on the shores of real time land ready to invade only this time the attack is on public services.
Every large employer seems to be racing towards finding yet another 'creative idea' on how to cut spending, so you have half baked ideas like total place, easy Council and John Lewis type of organisations being prepared by expensive consultants who will no doubt wish to spend more time and money developing these ideas.
So the one thing that is apparent is that the preparations to attack our terms and conditions of service plus many of our jobs is under way only this time it won't be as clear as MTFS 1, 2, and 3 were 5 to 7 years ago. These cuts will be imposed from central government and Rate capping type of proposals will mean that local employers will have very little choice other than comply with the instruction. We therefore have to be ready for this and stage one of our response must be to put more effort in ensuring that the 2,000 staff we have in Lambeth who are not in TU membership join as soon as possible. Our efforts must be intensified and I am pleased that we have a new team of activists who are ready to embrace this important project and integrate other strands associated with recruitment into the Branch wide Recruitment Plan.
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