NALGO members authorities threatened with grant penalties and 'rate-capping' legislation met on Wednesday 30 November to discuss developing a national strategy against the cuts.
Speaker after speaker solidarity with Liverpool Council who at present are standing firm against government pressure.
Two years ago Lothian Council shaped up to take on the Tories in Scotland then made humiliating climb down resulting in a loss of over, 4000 jobs and enormous service cuts. experience showed that no local authority can fight alone.
The NALGO delegate meeting, which was unfortunately or an 'advisory' capacity only, passed two important motions. First, Treeclc LACLO of councils raising rates and rents to buv their wav out of the cuts and, in the words of the resolution 'thus increase the already heavy burden on working people': The motion went on to give support to any local authority which refuses to cut jobs and services increase rates and rents above the level of inflation.
The NALGO national leadership was also called the 'hit-list' local massive government called for immediate upon to convene a national delegate meeting of all local government NALGO branches January 'to discuss plans for co-ordinated strike ac. tion support any NALGO branch which is faced with cuts in jobs and SC VCS Finally and very imOU CaluLV the motion was successfully amended to add that the delegate meeting should be held in Liverpool.
The second motion called for the national delegate meeting January to decide to comMCIC A COND SOrV SUIKE levy of all members, order that moner hand before sackings are alluwecu NALGO branches will have to follow up hard on the decisions of the conference. When asked if he would give his support to the motions, Mike Blick, chair of last Wednestlay's meeting and of the NaOHoo oven meni Committee, answered 'definately not!'