UNISON to attend crisis talks at ACAS HQ – YOUR CHOICE BARNET

The talks are in relation to the Your Choice Barnet dispute.

Unfortunately the sole Shareholder (Barnet Council) is refusing to attend this meeting.

If Barnet Council genuinely wants this company to succeed then it needs to take responsibilities as a shareholder seriously

UNISON put forward their Eight Point charter which is a recovery plan to enable the service to survive.

See below:

1. Barnet Homes writes off the £1 million loan.

2. Barnet Council stop penalising YCB for ‘no shows’.

3. Barnet Council pays up front to YCB in order to help the cash flow situation.

4. Barnet Council pays the going rate for the services being offered.

5. Barnet Council conducts an immediate investigation as to why Adult Social care services have referred only a handful of referrals in the last 2 and half years.

6. Senior management and other Service Level Agreement costs imposed on YCB are reduced.

7. YCB & Barnet Council find a more efficient way to invoice for services. The current arrangement is that Barnet Group invoice Barnet Council then YCB invoice Barnet Group.

8. YCB is allowed to independently procure its own support services and not be forced to use Capita CSG services.

It is critical that the sole shareholder attends these critical ACAS talks.

UNISON  Branch Secretary John Burgess said:

“Barnet Council is the sole shareholder of Your Choice Barnet and as such they should attend talks with UNISON, YCB and ACAS. If the Council want to genuinely end this then they have to stop hiding behind political ideology and recognise YCB is in a financial crisis. Anyone looking at the books will see that. The silence over the £1million loan is deafening. We have submitted our proposals onto the negotiating table and it is for Barnet Council to respond.”

For those new to this dispute you can catch up here 

http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/1415