{"id":16199,"date":"2018-09-12T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16199"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:14","slug":"anna-rothery-tuc-austerity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16199","title":{"rendered":"Defeating the austerity offensive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seconding a motion on social security and austerity today (September 12), Unite delegate Anna Rothery urged the TUC conference to \u00e2\u20ac\u015blook at the bigger picture.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bCuts to social security, the slashing of benefits, the destructive roll-out of Universal Credit \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all part of the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ongoing austerity offensive against our people,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she argued.<\/p>\n

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Drawing from her own experience as a Labour councillor for Princes Park ward in Liverpool, Anna said that the vast majority of the casework she deals with is \u00e2\u20ac\u015babout helping people whose lives are being ruined by austerity to try and pick up the pieces.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnd Congress \u00e2\u20ac\u201c these cuts have targeted claimants and support workers alike,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/p>\n

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Anna pointed to research from Unite from over 30 advice centres, law centres and Citizen Advice centres showing that over three quarters of the union\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s members are reporting surging workloads because of increased demand and cuts in staff.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe political chaos dominating the headlines clouds the fact that the one constant and unwavering feature of Tory governments –\u00c2\u00a0 from Theresa May back to David Cameron\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coalition \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is a commitment to austerity,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is an ideological project \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to crush working class communities and for ten years our movement has fought alone,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Anna went on to say. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bBut not anymore.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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She highlighted that the motion \u00e2\u20ac\u015bwelcomes the fundamental change which has come from the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSuddenly the ground is shaking under the Tories feet as the Labour Party takes its rightful place at our side \u00e2\u20ac\u201c smashing the cosy consensus of austerity,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis motion calls for the complete overhaul of social security \u00e2\u20ac\u201c towards a system built on the socialist principles social insurance and a welfare system based on need,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Anna added.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAfter ten long years the end is finally within sight,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she told conference as she urged delegates to support the motion as \u00e2\u20ac\u015ba first step towards defeating the austerity offensive.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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The motion was carried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seconding a motion on social security and austerity today (September 12), Unite delegate Anna Rothery urged the TUC conference to \u00e2\u20ac\u015blook at the bigger picture.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165   \u00e2\u20ac\u015bCuts to social security, the slashing of benefits, the destructive roll-out of Universal Credit \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all part of the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ongoing austerity offensive against our people,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she argued. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[76,1008],"wps_subtitle":"Unite's Anna Rothery calls for end to austerity once and for all","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199"}],"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=16199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25888,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199\/revisions\/25888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}