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Many were up at the crack of dawn to get the free bus from Inverurie to Glasgow. Others made their own way to join the demo. All were there to call for an end to austerity and public service cuts - which are making the economic situation worse and are hitting all except the 1% of the richest - and for a future where there is social justice and greater equality for all.
Mike Kirby, UNISON's Scottish Secretary told the Rally in Glasgow Green, "Trade union members, their families and friends,
know that the drastic spending cuts and attacks on benefits
are hurting them Click here for Mike's speech in full "Ordinary people are being asked to pay too high a price. Key public services are under attack and politicians need to be told that “enough is enough”.
He warned that even on their own terms government policies are failing. "Government borrowing has had to increase to £11.8 billion more than the previous government's. Even the economists who endorsed Osborne in 2010 are abandoning him," said Mike. "Unless policies change the economy will not grow, incomes will not rise, and there will be almost no new jobs. If the government keeps on with big spending cuts and austerity we face a lost decade." Mike went on, "The cuts we are facing across the UK are not about money but about politics. A politics that hates public services and loves to profit from privatisation. "A politics that sees a workforce engaged in caring and educating "But we shout loudly.
Why should the jobs and services go "Seventy years of social progress
will be lost
in a decade of destruction.
But there is a Better Future that Works." Update 7th October 2012Join the March and Rally in Glasgow 20th October 2012The Branch is calling on all members, Branch Officers, stewards and their families and friends to get along to the mass demonstration in Glasgow on 20th October to demand ‘a future that works’ as opposed to disastrous cuts and austerity policies. The event will coincide with similar events in London and Belfast. The Branch, along with Aberdeen City Branch, will be running free buses from Inverurie via Aberdeen and Stonehaven, to Glasgow for the demo. Bus 1 Depart Inverurie Town Hall @ 6.30am Bus 2 Depart Aberdeen, Skene Street behind HMT @ 7am It is very important that you contact the Resource Centre on 01224 620624 as soon as possible to book your places. We don’t want anyone disappointed!! It is also really important that we have a great turn-out. "This is our chance to join other trade unionists and community activists from all across Scotland and to show them that enough is enough. "Bring your friends and your family too!" added Kate. Why we’re marching
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March for a Future that Works
Branch
campaign against budget cuts