{"id":16148,"date":"2018-09-12T10:39:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T09:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16148"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:14","slug":"cut-to-the-bone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16148","title":{"rendered":"Cut to the bone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite delegate Julie Phipps\u00c2\u00a0spoke on Monday (September 10) at TUC conference in Manchester on the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bConference, public services have been underfunded and cut to the bone in the name of austerity, the political choice of this cruel Tory government,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Outsourcing of public services to the private sector has grown rapidly with the focus on profit margins instead of providing a quality service to those that need it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith that there has been deterioration in the working conditions of the workers delivering that service,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Phipps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bPrecarious work, casual labour, bullying and harassment and restructure after restructure has created insecure employment and fear in the workplace,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite believes that only a directly employed public sector workforce can deliver a public sector service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bA service that puts the user at the heart of that resource, putting people before profits and delivered by workers in secure, organised employment,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Phipps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThese must be real jobs with proper pay and terms and conditions negotiated through sectoral collective bargaining with career progression opportunities supported by life-long learning in the workplace and, just as importantly, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the public sector that can provide genuine apprenticeships with valid qualifications and a real job at the end of it,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phipps went on to draw comparisons to other privatised public services where putting profit first has led to their collapse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe have seen the consequences of the private sector delivering public sector services in the collapse of Carillion, so let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kick the profit driven greedy corporations out of our public services,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe must demand and fight for real investment, accept no more cuts to an already depleted public service and employ public sector workers to deliver an accountable and quality driven service,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phipps set out how Unite must go about forging these changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe want to see this started by Labour-led councils. Labour has its highest number of English councils in a decade. Unite calls on Labour councils to insource public services and respect and recognise their workforce and unions,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe need councils to step up to the plate. The Tories are weak and divided. By insourcing councils will strengthen our movement and strengthen public services,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite delegate Julie Phipps\u00c2\u00a0spoke on Monday (September 10) at TUC conference in Manchester on the public sector. &nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u015bConference, public services have been underfunded and cut to the bone in the name of austerity, the political choice of this cruel Tory government,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said. &nbsp; Outsourcing of public services to the private sector has grown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[260,76,309,51,1008],"wps_subtitle":"Labour councils must insource public services now","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25892,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16148\/revisions\/25892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}