Beware the public sector reform strategy

Amy Snell

Public services were at the forefront of the afternoon’s debates and delegates slammed the Scottish Government’s public sector reform strategy which is a clear threat to public services and especially council services.

Seconding the composite from PCS and ATUC, Amy Snell told Congress that the strategy is about saving money by reducing the workforce, shifting services out of the public sector and centralising.

“We are told this is all about prevention. But where is the serious action on poverty, on long term underfunding, or the reason demand is rising in the first place?”

She called for a strategy “that starts with workers, not cuts. One that fixes the real problem, underfunding, lack of resources, broken systems,” and called on Congress to stand with workers and for the future of our public services.