European Day of Action - No to Austerity


I joined trade unionists in Dundee in taking part in a demonstration today in Dundee in support of the European TUC campaign 'No to austerity'. The TUC supported this campaign. My trade union the GMB supported the event today and I was pleased to join many other GMB members in the protest. While the ConDem government may well be promoting austerity the Labour Group on the City Council will be doing all we can to protect jobs and services in Dundee. There are difficult days ahead but we must be clear that some bad decisions are coming. But we should not make a bad situation worse. Fairness should be our watchword in these discussions. Cuts should not disproportionately target the poor, either in terms of jobs or service provision.