{"id":6514,"date":"2018-12-05T11:33:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2018-12-05T11:33:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:33:02","slug":"victims-of-the-outsourcing-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/2018\/12\/05\/victims-of-the-outsourcing-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of the Outsourcing Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I have the strength to apply for jobs again. I love my job. I love working here. I\u2019m good at doing what I do. I\u2019d made plans around this being a secure job.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are sorts of things colleagues facing redundancy in Children\u2019s Centres are saying, usually through a veil of tears.<\/p>\n<p>Remember this photo?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6517\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6517\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NLBP-Unison-strike-31-1024x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NLBP-Unison-strike-31-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NLBP-Unison-strike-31-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NLBP-Unison-strike-31-768x309.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North London Business Park, New Southgate.<br \/>Unison members go on strike over pay and conditions at Barnet Council.<br \/>Jeremy Corbin MP also made a visit to show his support.<br \/>08\/07\/15<br \/>Anne-Marie Sanderson.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It shows\u00a0<strong>Coppetts Wood Childrens Centre workers<\/strong>\u00a0on the picket line 2015 joining all members in the fight against outsourcing.<\/p>\n<p>The last 3-4 weeks Barnet UNISON has seen one Children\u2019s Centre worker after another in tears. They are being made redundant as Barnet Council cut its budget to school\u2019s based Children\u2019s Centres by \u00a3\u00bd million. This has meant that\u00a0<strong>Fairway, Coppetts Wood, Bell Lane and Barnfield Children\u2019s Centres have around 1\/3 sliced from their budget.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of these colleagues have been working for Barnet between 10-20 years offering valuable support to vulnerable families and their young children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But they have done more than this. They have given solidarity to the branch and our members. Coppetts Wood most recently joined our protest about the fire alarms in Barnet House.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s Centre Staff urgently need your solidarity and support \u2013 something they have so readily shared with us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please send the branch your thoughts for us to pass on to these workers and come to the Capita Enquiry.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I have the strength to apply for jobs again. I love my job. I love working here. I\u2019m good at doing what I do. I\u2019d made plans around this being a secure job.\u201d\u00a0 These are sorts of things colleagues facing redundancy in Children\u2019s Centres are saying, usually through a veil of tears. Remember this photo? 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