Unite secured a massive victory in its fight against Bromley council’s privatisation agenda, after its campaign forced a main plank of the local authority’s proposals to fall. Bromley has…Read more…
Privatisation fight
Unite and the local Bromley community stood firm in solidarity against cuts to council services and privatisation at a packed demo on Saturday (July 23), which was also attended by Unite general…Read more…
March for public services
This Saturday (July 23) people will be taking to the streets of Bromley to call on the Tory-led council to stop the cuts and privatisation of services. Unite has organised the march to show council…Read more…
‘Battle of the books’ strike
The long-running ‘battle of the books’ in Greenwich opens a new chapter tomorrow (Tuesday July 5) when library workers strike for 48 hours to save the borough’s mobile library service from closure….Read more…
Barnet library workers on strike
Dave Prentis takes support and solidarity to north London picket line in strike over plans to outsource library service
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How can you run a campaign to defend a service?
Neath Port Talbot branch fought a successful campaign against library closures – so just how did they do it?
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Public library service ‘hollowed out’ by job losses and cuts
UNISON backs BBC report that reveals loss of 8,000 jobs and 343 libraries in six years
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‘Library cuts slow down research into my local area’
A local government member tells us about the effect of cuts on his community’s archive
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Cutting libraries will increase poverty and inequality, says UNISON Scotland
Date: Saturday 6 February 2016
On National Libraries Day (6 February 2016), UNISON is warning that more local government cuts will have a drastic impact on libraries across Scotland, decreasing opportunities for all, and increasing poverty and inequality.
Library services have been undergoing massive change, yet staff numbers have been going down, buildings are closing, opening hours areRead more…
♡ UNISON: union members made my workplace great
As a library assistant my job is to be the first point of contact for people who come in to use the services – I look after the book stock, order new books, transfer books, advise parents on what…Read more…
Union campaign saves local libraries
Neath Port Talbot reverses plans to close libraries, mobile library service and museum after UNISON-organised petition
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Yoga, stand-up comedy, silent bears and screaming…
All in a day’s work for the librarian
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Heads urged to support library fight
Head teachers in Greenwich are being urged to support the campaign to save the council’s mobile library service which deliveries at least 22,000 books a year to children and those with mobility…Read more…
Thousands say no to Neath / Port Talbot library closures
Still time to sign petition which will be handed in to Neath and Port Talbot county borough on Monday 11 January
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Stand up for school librarians, says UNISON Scotland
Date: Monday 21 December 2015UNISON Scotland has called on councils and Scottish Government to do more to protect school librarians. UNISON says the evidence is that local councils are seeing school library services as a soft target to meet budget cuts and are cutting school library services across Scotland. UNISON has made a submission in support of School Libraries Petition PE 1581 to theRead more…
Save ‘jewels in the crown’
Unite Community members in Huddersfield have vowed to “keep fighting for properly funded public libraries” after Kirklees Council pushed through major cuts in the service. In…Read more…
Fine words and ideals no substitute for investment: UNISON inquiry into Scotland’s libraries
Tuesday 8 September 2015
UNISON, the trade union for Scotland’s library staff, has published a report ‘Read It and Weep’, which outlines the experience of those working in Scotland’s libraries. It raises the concerns and difficulties of staff who are simultaneously being expected to expand services while being in the front line of cuts. The report is based on qualitative research from UNISONRead more…
Bring together library members to share and learn
#uLGC15 Falkirk’s Gray Allan warned UNISON’s Local Government Conference of the dangers of outsourcing library services as Local Government delegates pledged to campaign against the closure of library and leisure services but also called for support and training to engage in commissioning and procurement to ensure that UNISON can play an integral role in protecting jobs and services.
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It’s Not Just About Books: The Golden Thread of Libraries. National Libraries Day Saturday 7th February.
That libraries are not just about loaning books is a fact clearly recognised in the recent Independent Library Report for England, undertaken on behalf of the Department of Culture, Media and…Read more…
All Souls to Austerity, or ‘Gilded Age’ for Some?
IT might be Christmassy, if it had some decorations. But if it looks cold in this picture, now its worse -the lights are off, and the building’s up for sale.
NO, this isn’t the Pottins family…Read more…