Campaigning for Care in Social Services, 1985

A comprehensive National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) action pack, produced by Services to Community Action and Trade Unions (SCAT) which includes Developing Alternative Demands to Improve Services includes developing plans and explains why cooperatives are not the answer (4 pages); Trade Unionists Guide to Value for Money explains effectiveness, efficiency, economy and value for money, the use of management consultants and the myth of independence (8 pages); Developing Joint Action and User Committees includes building alliances and examples of joint action (4 pages); and others on organising, campaigning, developing strategies and monitoring agency staffing, volunteers, private contractors and private residential homes.