NEXT Monday this call. VALERIE COULTAS reports.
THE Militant-dominated Labour council in Liverpool, fall support of the JSSC, has created over 2000 new jobs and built 3,500 new houses office in HILE COHL- E 1983 Despite threats 'illegality' Labour won an increased majority 1984 council elections and had a clear continue improving services.
But since 1979 the Tory government taken away £350 million in rate Support some orit because — some of it because the counci has reluseo lo increase rates more than If Liverpool had obeyed government targets would have had to increase rates by 100 per cent and sack 6000 workers.
Liverpool has refused to do this and gone into week 30,000 council employees in Liverpool could be on all-out indefinite strike action. The Liverpool council joint Rates Act. Mass meetings will take place of all Liverpool council unions to decide whether to support £117 million deficit. Councillors have also been surcharged for setting an "illegal rate.
Last week Liverpool council's industrial public relations committee decided that December would be 'unable to honour con tracts of employment' because of lack of funds This galvinised the trade unions into action and as the full council meeting was about to take place on Monday they barricaded the town hall and stopped the redundancy notices beIng Issuel. 'As far as we are concerned the counce nave & financial problem because the government's policies - which are part of their attack on local services explained Bob Blundell of Liverpool NALGO.
'We are not prepared to accept redundane!
have voted to call the enworkforce out demand Tories resetre the cuts,' he continued.
The council has a legal obligation to pay workforce. ItLiverDoo promised not to sack the workers it wond becom financially liable. Forty nine councillors would have to foot the bill for f million a week!
There will be an intense at each mass meeting in Liverpool this week about the tactics necessary to win this campaign against the Tories.
The strongest unity needs to be forged between the councillors the Liverpool workforce this battle is to be won.
Details to follow Stickers, posters and leaflets from: Anti Apartheid, 13 Mandela Street, London NW1; phone 01-387 7966
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shop stewards committee has called for this action in the light of threats of sackings and redundancy pos- ed by the huge cuts in spending dictated by the Tory
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