Councils Archives - Green Party Trade Union Group https://gptu.greenparty.org.uk/tag/councils/ Organised workers in the Green Party Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:52:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://gptu.greenparty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/137/2021/01/cropped-gptu-logo-32x32.jpg Councils Archives - Green Party Trade Union Group https://gptu.greenparty.org.uk/tag/councils/ 32 32 Drawing a line – Working with Trade Unions to oppose Council Cuts https://gptu.greenparty.org.uk/news/drawing-a-line-working-with-trade-unions-to-oppose-council-cuts/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:55:00 +0000 https://gptu.greenparty.org.uk/?p=5714 Over the last 14 years Conservative cuts to public services have left local authorities scrambling to balance their budget. Labour’s current inaction looks no better. Currently all they’re offering are sticking plasters and no real solutions. With a growing number of Councillors, the Green Party has the opportunity to mount a coordinated challenge to the […]

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]]> Over the last 14 years Conservative cuts to public services have left local authorities scrambling to balance their budget. Labour’s current inaction looks no better. Currently all they’re offering are sticking plasters and no real solutions. With a growing number of Councillors, the Green Party has the opportunity to mount a coordinated challenge to the continued cuts to our local services.

The Green Party Trade Union Group believes that Trade Unions are a key ally in tackling this for three reasons:

  1. Trade unions represent the interest of council workers with over 1.5 million workers employed directly by Councils. Including outsourced workers this number rises significantly.
  2. Trade unions give a voice to ordinary people. Their voices are often overlooked but they’re dealing with the impact of public service cuts.
  3. Trade unions have strong presences and can be used to support and amplify political campaigns.

Councillors and trade unions working together have an opportunity to communicate the scale and causes of the current crisis. Together we can force the Government to act. 

Our briefing aims to guide Green Councillors through working with trade unions and offers practical steps towards a coherent political response to the current crisis.

Drawing a Line – AGCGPTU Briefing for Councillors (1)Download

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]]> Event: Supporting unions as a councillor https://gptu.greenparty.org.uk/events/conference-meeting-2-10/ Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:07:00 +0000 https://gptu.greenparty.org.uk/?p=1654 Join the Green Party Trade Union Group at Autumn Conference 2022, as we hear from councillors how they have used their positions to support workers in struggle.

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Green Party Conference meeting at 9am on Sunday 2 October, open to all Conference attendees online and in-person. The meeting will be in Queens Suite 7.

Join the Green Party Trade Union Group at Autumn Conference 2022, as we hear from councillors how they have used their positions to support workers in struggle.

We’ll hear contributions from:

  • Zoe Garbett (Hackney councillor)
  • Lucy Pegg (Oxford city councillor)
  • Jo Bird (Wirral councillor)

The event will be chaired by Chris Jarvis (Oxford city councillor). There will then be space for discussion on the topic. All welcome!

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