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85 signatures so far! Petition created by: Kerry Jenkins Youth work across England is currently under savage attacks and proposals cutting millions from the already underfunded youth service budgets. In particular, CYWU/Unite members in Coventry are in their tenth week of action in attempt to stop the cuts and the privatisation of their service. A petition is going forward to the council on the 24th February and therefore ask for your support with this campaign by signing this petition. 85 have signed so far - help us get to 1,000.  We have achieved 8.5% of our goal. Let's keep going! Sign the petition! Details, Impact and Progress These proposals will see the end of positive activities for young people. Skilled dedicated full and part time workers will lose their jobs. We all know what happens when young people have nothing creative to do in their leisure time except hang around on street corners. Coventry has seen the loss of much of our industry, our skilled jobs and many parts of our public services. This is a cut too far. It symbolises a lack of vision for the City’s future. There will be no replacement for these services and no meaningful alternative safeguarding arrangements for children and young people. This is a deeply anti social cut. Neither the voice of children and young people, nor that of the professional staff and parents involved in these services has been listened to as the law requires. The majority of citizens on Coventry are opposed to this proposal. Make the Conservative Councillors listen now. Your voice counts... please sign the petition. More info... Youth workers working for Coventry City Council have been involved in continuing strike action in an attempt to save youth support workers contracts, hours, professional commitments to youth work and in service training. A comprehensive alternative proposal to the cuts proposed by Coventry Council was put to management recently and commitments to retaining JNC terms and conditions were won, but the struggle for the fabric of the service and the nature of educational intervention continues. Branch Secretary Pat Seaman, now Deputy Convenor for Unite across the Council said: “We have seen the Children’s and Family Education Service in the City wrecked, we are not going to see the Youth Service go the same way. This council will cut off its nose to spite its ace if it does not listen to us.” Regional Officer Alan Lewis commented: “The local authority’s idea of negotiation and consultation is quite interesting. They consulted - no one, especially young people, supported their plans and they find it hard to sit round the table and talk sense with us. I urge the authority to look at the sensible alternative proposals our members have put forward and to stop their attempt to reduce hard pressed part time worker’s terms and conditions.” National Secretary Doug Nicholls said: “Price Coopers Waterhouse, the finance firm, made a pretty penny advising the government to commission out all children’s and young people services in the country. They made a pretty penny, around £68,000 I believe for very little work to advise Coventry City Council to reduce our members terms and conditions and commission out the service “like Northamptonshire.” Do they know what a disaster that has been for young people there! They seem aided and abetted by senior management who have little grasp of the significance of developmental education and seem obsessed with the never ending spiral of a casework approach in worsening social circumstances.” Comments Note: This service is provided as a service to TakingITGlobal Members. This petition does not necessarily represent the views of TakingITGlobal as an organization. |
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