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How can you run a campaign to defend a service?

Neath Port Talbot branch fought a successful campaign against library closures – so just how did they do it?

Blogs on the UNISON National site.
Posted in austerity campaigning community and austerity cuts cymru/wales libraries local government Save Our Local Services save our services
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Public library service ‘hollowed out’ by job losses and cuts

UNISON backs BBC report that reveals loss of 8,000 jobs and 343 libraries in six years

Article on the UNISON National site.
Posted in cymru/wales East Midlands libraries local government local government cuts love your libraries Northern Ireland Save Our Local Services Scotland South east
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The Elaines: speaking up for local libraries

Friends and fellow UNISON members Elaine Brooks and Elaine Cotterell have worked in libraries all their lives. They travelled to London to defend their passion

Magazine on the UNISON National site.
Posted in libraries local government love your libraries Save Our Local Services
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‘Library cuts slow down research into my local area’

A local government member tells us about the effect of cuts on his community’s archive

Article on the UNISON National site.
Posted in libraries Save Our Local Services
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Victories like this give us hope that the tide can turn

Of course these are tough times for public services and those who provide them – but victories like this give us hope that the tide can turn, and that the resources which have helped so many generations of working people will still be there to support generations to come.

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.
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Union campaign saves local libraries

Neath Port Talbot reverses plans to close libraries, mobile library service and museum after UNISON-organised petition

News, Press release on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.
Posted in libraries local government neath port talbot Save Our Local Services
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Union campaign saves local libraries

Neath Port Talbot reverses plans to close libraries, mobile library service and museum after UNISON-organised petition

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Posted in Cymru cymru/wales libraries library local government Save Our Local Services save our services wales

Speak Up for Libraries Lobby of Parliament

Date
9 February 2016 10:00am–2:00pm
Location
Central Hall Westminster, Storey's Gate, Westminster, London, United Kingdom

Event on the UNISON Eastern site.
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Yoga, stand-up comedy, singing children and books…

All in a day’s work for today’s librarian

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.
Posted in librarian libraries library local government love your libraries West Midlands
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Thousands say no to Neath / Port Talbot library closures

Still time to sign petition which will be handed in to Neath and Port Talbot county borough on Monday 11 January

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Posted in cymru/wales libraries local government neath port talbot Save Our Local Services