Both groups focused their attention on the cuts to CDPs in particular and worked out plans of action. A SIPTU campaign begins immediately.
SIPTU's meeting was its first specifically for CDPs nationwide. Close to 200 people attended from around the country. Unusually for a trade union, both management and staff attended because they share common ground over the issue of Government cutbacks.
The NCDF meeting was holding its 2nd meeting and agreed without hesitation to endorse the SIPTU campaign. More notes from the NCDF meeting will follow in a later posting. Here's what arose from the SIPTU meeting on the morning of July 1st.
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The PURPOSE of the SIPTU meeting was:
1. To establish a SIPTU / CDP national action committee.
2. To identify key actions and get cracking immediately at local and national level with a campaign against the CDP cuts and the treatment of projects by the Department.
*DISCUSSION/ACTIONS:*
Yesterday highlighted that the CDPs are the projects most severely hit with cuts in the sector. One of the reasons for the severity of the cut is that we do not yet have a strong national voice to address issues when they arrive...especially at a Union level....
1. SIPTU have agreed to allocate Resources (including 4 workers starting on the ground immediately) to promote and develop national action campaign for the CDPs.
2. SIPTU Representative at a national level Gerry Flanagan is meeting with "high level official group" ( not sure of title of group). At this meeting SIPTU will be addressing CDP cuts etc....
3. SIPTU Recognises that whatever actions are taken that it would support both staff and management and they recognise that while we are employed by local voluntary management committees the department are really the ones " calling the shots" on how management committees implement cuts at local level.
4. Other discussion items included - department correspondences and individual project situations in relation to the cuts....etc......
5. A national SIPTU/CDP action committee was set up yesterday.
6. Following the SIPTU meeting, the National Community Development Forum (NCDF) met and endorsed the SIPTU campaign.
Note: Both the SIPTU action committee and the national CDP body are well and truly off the ground now.
Sin e in brief.
Your campaign support in the coming months will be very welcome.
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2 comments:
Anyone who has ever worked, or is currently working within the community sector, whether it be in FRCs, Partnerships, CDPs or any community setting should attend the National meeting organised by SIPTU for Wed Sept 30th to protest at any further cutbacks in the upcoming budget against those most disadvantaged. Whether you are a volunteer or staff I urge al to attend.
It's good to see SIPTU taking a lead role in the campaign,it's about time trades unions made a principled and committed stand against all attacks on our Communities and living standards.
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