[Imc-uk-features] Important police privatisation national news

[freethepeeps at aktivix.org]

Hmmm, I don't know why the reply never arrived. I sent it twice.


Here it is again:

Hi Tony

It is simply a repost of the Bristol Post story with 3 not very explanatory
comments tagged on.

The guideline states:

Reposts : Articles that are simply pasted from corporate news sites. Please
write something original, by all means link to articles elsewhere and quote
from them but don't just copy them.

If you think the story is so important, why not write your own article, and
link
to the corporate story? Then you could expand on your claims - eg why it is of
national importance - what the implications are etc etc.

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Quoting Antonio <paralel at fastmail.fm>:

> I'm reposting this important privatisation news after getting no
> response on this list as to why it was hidden
> 
> 
> re
> IBM Privatisation Alert: Police Civilian Support Services
> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/01/390332.html
> 
> At the weekend it was announced in our local paper here in Bristol that
> the first police privatisation in the country is happening
> And also that the company IBM who helped engineer the holocaust (see
> Edwin Black's recent book IBM and the Holocaust)
>  - no other press have picked up on it
> 
> You should not be hiding such material which is of national significance
> but ignored by the mainstream press
> 
> please 'unhide' the post you have hidden.
> 
> and here is the text of it below
> 
> 
> Tony Gosling
> 07786 952037
> 
> 
>  Avon and Somerset police is to privatise key sections of its civilian
>  workforce to save money - the first move of its kind in Britain. No
>  other police force in the country has gone to such lengths to cut
>  costs, although others are now expected to follow the ground-breaking
>  move.
> 
> BACKROOM POLICE JOBS PRIVATISED
> Fri26Jan08 - Bristol Evening Post
> 
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=19673274&folderPk=83726&pNodeId=144922
> 
> Although the Police Authority has yet to formally sign a contract, its
> members last night effectively gave the go-ahead for computer giant IBM
> to run a number of its key departments.
> 
> Although the details have not yet been released, it is thought the deal
> will mean that the force's finance, IT and human resources departments
> will all be privatised. It will not affect frontline policing or the way
> 999 calls are answered.
> 
> Following 15 months of intense negotiations, the force will join
> Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council. Both councils
> have already signed up to the £400 million partnership.
> 
> The two councils signed a deal with [holocaust specialists] IBM last
> year to set up a private company, called Southwest One, to run a number
> of departments including human resources, IT and finance. It is
> understood that the deal will affect about 600 backroom civilian police
> employees, whose jobs will now transfer to the new firm.
> 
> There are not thought to be any redundancies expected as part of the
> deal and the Police Authority stressed that it wanted to safeguard jobs.
> The deal will be rubber stamped before the end of March.
> 
> It comes after the Evening Post revealed this week that the Government
> is shortchanging Avon and Somerset police by almost £60 million, which
> is likely to lead to a substantial council tax increase in April. Unions
> were expected to give this latest announcement a mixed response.
> 
> Unison, the biggest trade union in Britain, had previously complained
> that it was being left in the dark about the impact such a deal would
> have on its members. The union was last night unavailable for comment.
> 
> The [spineless as a masonic chief-constable] Avon and Somerset Police
> Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, has welcomed the
> prospect of privatising a number of backroom departments.
> 
> Chairman [and master of the lodge] Paul Green has previously said: "By
> joining this partnership, we may be able to divert money back to the
> front line. "As representatives of front-line officers, we broadly
> welcome that."
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