February 2016 archive

Campaign Launched to Save Sandwell Leisure Trust

Workers of Sandwell Leisure Trust were enraged at their annual awards ceremony where they were informed that the organisation could end for good in December 2017. Workers were informed that the Council proposals could see all financial support ended by 2019/20. This means that Staff face the prospect of TUPE transferring to another private organisation, …

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Children’s Services Workers Vote to Fight ‘Trust’ Status

On 29 January a joint union meeting of workers from Children’s Service heard from Doncaster’s UNISON Branch Secretary, Jim Board, on what had happened to Children’s Services in Doncaster. Jim Board pointed out that Doncaster and Sandwell had used the same so called ‘improvement partner’, iMpower, which had failed to improve the service in both …

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