Thursday, June 14, 2007

CITY COUNCIL MAKES 150 CARE WORKERS REDUNDANT

LIVERPOOL City Council is to make 150 care workers redundant to help pay for Capital of Culture.

The cowardly council deliberately made the announcement late this afternoon to try and avoid more damaging headlines in today's newspapers for the third day running.

Letters were sent out to the 400 care workers, who are on the lowest wages of all council staff, from the £195,000-a-year Executive Director Tony Hunter (right).

As part of its carefully-timed spin operation, the council's statement claims there is less demand for the care workers.

"This is because all new cases are handled by the independent sector, which has more flexibility to handle calls at times when people who use the service need them," it claims.

"The city council's in-house staff are contracted to provide 10,000 hours of care per week, but are only providing 5,000 hours - which means 5,000 hours remain unused. "

But the real reason of course is very simple: getting rid of staff saves the council money.

Why does the city council need to save money?

Because it needs £29million to pay for Capital of Culture.

So here we are witnessing the disgraceful spectacle of the city's poorest paid workers, mainly women, being made the sacrificial lambs for 2008.

While the hangers-on and the VIP's swig their free booze and munch their canapes at yet another civic reception, the care workers are being thrown out on their ears.

It is disgusting and disgraceful - a cynical, dishonest, cost-cutting exercise, being dressed up as some kind of 'efficiency' drive.

We sincerely hope that the care workers and their elderly clients will take on the city council and force them to stop.

How much will the council raise by cutting the workforce in half and slashing the service provided by half?

And how many bottles of wine and canapes will they buy with it, instead?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

“ disgusting and disgraceful
a cynical, dishonest, cost-cutting
exercise, being dressed up as
some kind of 'efficiency' drive” ??

This was done in National Carers Week.

This was done on the day of the
Carers event at St. Geogres Hall.

This was done on the very day carers
were no doubt told (at St. Georges Hall) by
Tony Hunter and Councillor Dave Antrobus
how good they are
and what a wonderful job they do for society.

Who were they speaking to?
The UNPAID CARERS of this world.

How obscene Tony Hunter on a reported £195,000 a year.
Dave Antrobus on his wonderful
expence allowances. Both of them on
Recent ‘Jollies’ to Shanghai China.
(Probably all expences paid by tax payers)
And they want Carers to be UNPAID.

Yes its about saving more
money for the shameful 'jollies' and
Champagne parties for the chosen few.

And where is the work going to?

You’ve quessed it. The ‘money grabbing’
Private sector Agencies that are cleaning up in care.

How low can we stoop in Liverpool?
Where is the Humanity?

Anonymous said...

Liverpool Direct Care Limited anyone?

Anonymous said...

You may be more right than you realise Dr.

Anonymous said...

dr mc dog.

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU ???

Your about four years too late with that one.
It was tried and failed then.

Anonymous said...

Yes but that was only because they didnt know how to charge properly

watch me to see how it should be done