HUMAN BARRICADES CALL ON LABOUR COUNCILLORS TO REBEL AGAINST PURCELL

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PRESS RELEASE … for immediate use (23rd April)



HUMAN BARRICADES CALL ON LABOUR COUNCILLORS TO REBEL AGAINST PURCELL



As Glasgow city councillors vote on school closures, they will encounter a mass blockade of people up in arms at this cost-cutting attack on kids and communities – who are demanding that enough Labour councillors rebel against the Labour leadership to overturn the closure package.



Glasgow Save Our Schools Campaign organiser, Richie Venton, today said:



“Labour councillors will today face the wrath of a mass of people forming a human blockade as they enter the city chambers. They cannot hide any longer.

“In the privacy of the Labour councillors’ Group meeting last week, they voted 31:6 for the closures.

“That means 6 of them think the package is a rotten, unacceptable deal. It also means a further 9 Labour councillors were absent – probably to hide from voting in favour of the closures in some cases.

“We call on them to stand up in public and vote against the closures at the Council meeting today.

“If they think the tens of thousands of people against the closures are right when they meet in private, they should act on that in public and prevent Purcell pushing the closures though. Otherwise they will be branded cowards who put their Labour party careers before kids’ needs and well-being.”



For more info contact Richie Venton on 07828 278 093 or at richieventon@hotmail.com



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24 Hour vigil outside Glasgow City Chambers in progress leading up to a blockade of the Council.

Parents and carers of children who are being ousted from local schools due for closure and then packed into other schools far from their homes, are currently on a vigil outside Glasgow City Chambers. The Council meets tommorrow to rubber stamp the breaking up of communities and the disruption of children's education. Please lend your support - have a chat with them if you are wandering by!

DETAILS BELOW PHOTO ON THE BIG BLOCKADE. If you are free tommorrow to show/lend support for people who are trying to protect their communities from the Labour cuts, please join them outside Glasgow City Chambers at 12.00noon (details below).