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

[Antonio]

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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