Tag Archives: Unison

‘Unintended consequences’: government scraps pay-off cap

Posted on February 15, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE finds that the era of half-million-pound rewards for failure might not be over at the council just yet Those council exec directors on six-figure salaries who are sweating on the outcome of a … Continue reading →

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Town Hall unions to stage virtual rally against council cuts

Posted on January 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

Trades unions representing the council’s workers are launching a “Save Our Croydon” campaign to protect jobs and services, with a virtual rally on Facebook this Tuesday. They will be protesting against job cuts that are being made and express “legitimate … Continue reading →

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Unison warns Kerswell not to play blame game with workers

Posted on November 14, 2020 by insidecroydon

‘Our members did not cause this mess… our members did not approach the council’s finances with “corporate blindness”.’ Unions are gearing up for a battle to protect frontline jobs, WALTER CRONXITE reports Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s interim CEO, has been put … Continue reading →

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Five more local schools affected by coronavirus positives

Posted on September 14, 2020 by insidecroydon

At least five more schools in Croydon and Sutton, including two large secondaries, have been hit by positive tests for covid-19 among their staff or pupils, after just the first full week of the new school year, with one borough … Continue reading →

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Mustafa admits council had finance problems at start of year

Posted on September 11, 2020 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s stand-in CEO Shifa Mustafa has told the unions that, “the council’s finances were challenging at the start of the year”, a significant admission by a senior figure that the Town Hall’s cash crisis was not caused solely by covid-19 … Continue reading →

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Unison: ‘irresponsible’ job cuts will have ‘devastating impact’

Posted on September 10, 2020 by insidecroydon

Trade union officials have strongly criticised Croydon Council’s plans to axe more than 400 jobs, saying that the on-going review is being rushed through “with little thought” and without proper consultation, and describing the job cuts at the Labour-run local … Continue reading →

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Union tells Newman of ‘profound concern’ over council job cuts

Posted on August 14, 2020 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Labour council leader could be in for a stormy few months. By KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter Croydon Town Hall’s unions have called on the council leader, Tony Newman, to step in to halt the hundreds of job … Continue reading →

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Croydon in crisis: Council has been axing jobs since January

Posted on July 10, 2020 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: The Town Hall leadership is spinning to giddying levels to pin the blame for the council’s parlous financial position on covid-19, the Tory government… indeed anyone but the people responsible: themselves. But it is now emerging that the council … Continue reading →

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Union leader: ‘Our social services are on their knees’

Posted on September 24, 2017 by insidecroydon

There is a crisis in the nation’s social care system after “years of chronic underfunding” which has “left many parts of the service on its knees”, according to the head of one of the country’s largest public service workers’ unions. … Continue reading →

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