720 at risk of redundancy at city council
MORE than 700 staff at Nottingham City Council have been told they are at risk of redundancy.
The council has sent letters to 720 workers who are being offered one-to-one interviews to discuss their position.
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Nottingham City Coucil needs to save £18m
The city council is seeking to save £18 million in the coming financial year, to redirect spending towards children's services, adult social care, the authority's move to a new office, and replenishing run down reserves.
In total, 202 staff are expected to lose their jobs.
UNISON Regional Officer Peter Savage said: "It is clear these cuts will affect services and, at first glance, support to schools, children's centres, libraries and Trading Standards look badly hit. This is clearly not all back office jobs."
A 90-day consultation period will now begin with staff and unions.
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by Mr B J Mann, Nottingham
Friday, February 26 2010, 10:54AM
“Errrrmmmmmmm, Madbadger:
So, Bogush, your pensions were 'earned' on the backs of every consumer in the country!
Past and present!
Not to mention those of other countries!
So if a peasant gives an artisan some of his crop in exchange for him building a hovel for him, so they both have a hovel to live in and some scraps of food to live on.
That's:
'earned' on the backs of every consumer in the country!
Past and present!
Not to mention those of other countries!
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But if the local Robber Baron makes them both work until they drop to provide half their produce to him and his cronies.
Perhaps in exchange for such "benefits" as a license to build their hovels or grow their crops.
Or other "benefits" such as keeping them safe by stopping them rushing backwards and forwards to try to produce enough to survive.
Or throwing any scraps they can't reuse into the right rubbish pit.
All for a fee, of course.
So that they can have a leasurely "working" life snooping on the peasant and the artisan, pushing bits of paper around, sending them more bills, and then spending the rest of the "working" day sat round a table chatting about how they are going to do the same tomorrow.
Oh, and telling the peasant and the artisan that they have to make a proper house and give more food then they have to that bloke that wandered in from the next village, whinging about how none of the other villagers liked him, even though he never had, and never would, contribute anything to their village.
And then stop "working" at 60.
But still get fed and clothed and housed better than the peasant and the artisan.
That's your Socialist Paradise.
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Well, I'm sure it *is* *YOUR* "socialist" paradise!
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Enjoy your retirement, MadBadger!
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by allison shaw, nottingham
Friday, February 26 2010, 2:07AM
“never herd so much garbish in all my life for one the childrens service is a waste of space all they do is sit on their bums all day only act if a child is serious hurt or dead”
by David, Nottingham
Friday, February 26 2010, 12:18AM
“the council is corrupt having used funding geared towards childrens centres for filling gpas trhey have due to mismanaging the budget”
by Avid Connysewer, Overlooking the Trent
Thursday, February 25 2010, 10:40PM
“And they have stopped me waching girly fillums as well
I will have to wach them at home in future”
by Stumpy, The Hollows
Thursday, February 25 2010, 10:36PM
“Oooops!
I forgot!
As Sensible and FW and their new recruit Judith would say . . .
"Break the Law and pay the Fine!"”